Nicolas Maduro served as president of Venezuela for more than 10 years before he was ousted over the weekend in a United States military operation that captured and brought him to the U.S. to face narco-terrorism charges.

After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife.

During her arraignment in New York City on Monday, Jan. 5, Cilia Flores identified herself to the judge as "first lady of the Republic of Venezuela"

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro told ABC News in a 2019 interview that he was bracing for a war with the United States over his country's oil.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife appeared before a judge in New York to face charges related to drug trafficking after the U.S. military attack on Venezuela.

President Donald Trump announces Venezuela will move 30-50 million barrels of oil worth $2.8 billion to U.S. after former President Nicolás Maduro's capture by American forces.

Toppled ruthless Venezuelan despot and accused narco-terrorist Nicolás Maduro defiantly claimed Monday he was “kidnapped’’ while making his historic first appearance in chains in Manhattan court — declaring,

To say that Maduro was in control of all this is ridiculous — he was just a functionary,” said Richard Gregorie, a retired federal prosecutor in Miami who brought a similar indictment against Manuel Noriega in 1988.

Residents in the capital said they are seeing an increased presence of government security forces as well as armed civilian paramilitaries loyal to the government.