Maduro Posts First New York Prison Photos After 8 Months, Ahead of 2027 Drug Trial
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
Maduro Posts First New York Prison Photos After 8 Months, Ahead of 2027 Drug Trial
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 31
Summary
Nicolás Maduro surfaced in the first known photos from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, smiling in gray prison sweats and flashing peace signs in images posted Sunday to his X account.
The ousted Venezuelan leader said the photos were a “small gift” to family and supporters, while timestamps showed they were taken June 25, nearly six months before their release.
Maduro has been held in New York since U.S. forces captured him in Caracas in January; his wife was also flown there on related drug-trafficking charges.
El País reported in May that he has spent much of his detention reading the Bible and is allowed 510 minutes a month for outside conversations.
Maduro and his wife have pleaded not guilty and are due for trial in June 2027, facing potential life sentences if convicted of conspiring to send cocaine into the U.S.