US President Donald Trump announced this Saturday that, following the capture of Nicolas Maduro, the United States will assume the provisional government of Venezuela while a transition described by the White House as safe and appropriate is established.

The announcement came after Trump confirmed a large-scale military operation in Venezuelan territory, in which Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arrested and taken out of the country. The president released a photograph of the Venezuelan leader already in custody, taken aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima. From his Florida residence in Mar-a-Lago, and accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the president gave details about the operation carried out in the early hours of Saturday, January 3. Donald Trump's words were as follows: “We are going to lead the country until we can implement a safe, proper, and prudent transition. We don't want another figure to come in and for the same situation that has been in place for so many years to be re-established. We are going to lead the country until we can carry out a safe, proper, and prudent transition, and it has to be prudent because that defines what we are seeking.” US media reported that the operation was carried out by a Delta Force unit that extracted the detainees in the early morning and transported them by helicopter. Trump indicated that a Chinook helicopter was hit by gunfire during the operation, with no injuries among U.S. forces. Maduro is expected to arrive in New York this Saturday. It has been reported that Maduro will arrive in New York this Saturday and will likely be taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he will be placed in federal custody. His initial appearance before the Southern District Court of New York, in Manhattan, could take place on Monday, according to the same source.That court has maintained a formal indictment against him since 2020, reinforced by a superseding indictment revealed this Saturday after his capture.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that Maduro and Flores will be prosecuted in the Southern District of New York and reiterated the indictment in place since 2020 on charges including conspiracy to commit narcoterrorism. She noted that the capture allows for the formal activation of pending proceedings in that jurisdiction.

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