More Charges Coming for Captured Venezuelan Leader Maduro, Trump Announces

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 11:37 AM

President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will file additional criminal charges against captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro was taken into custody by American forces during a January raid in Venezuela and currently faces drug-related charges in New York.

WASHINGTON – During a Thursday cabinet meeting at the White House, President Donald Trump announced to reporters that the United States plans to file more criminal charges against Nicolas Maduro, the former Venezuelan leader who was taken into custody earlier this year.

American forces captured Maduro during a January operation in Venezuela, and he is currently facing charges related to narcoterrorism and drug trafficking in a New York court.

Trump did not specify what the additional charges would entail during his remarks to the press.

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