In October, President Donald Trump warned that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “doesn’t want to f**k around with the United States.”
Three months later, Maduro and his wife were arrested and charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and more after an overnight strike.
“[Maduro] doesn’t want to fuck around with the United States.”
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 3, 2026
— @POTUS (10/17/25)pic.twitter.com/rf2EHhjoYw
STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP pic.twitter.com/nHDqtsqRFh
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 3, 2026
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 2026
Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) January 3, 2026
🚨I have just spoken to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) January 3, 2026
President Trump has changed the course of history in our hemisphere. Our country & the world are safer for it.
Today’s decisive action is this hemisphere’s equivalent to the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
It’s a big day in…
Thank you, @POTUS, @SecRubio, @SecWar, and the brave members of our military who led the operation that successfully CAPTURED narco-terrorist Nicolás Maduro.
— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) January 3, 2026
A new day is here for Venezuela and Latin America. The United States and our hemisphere are safer because of President… https://t.co/VL4bnsbGVZ
For years, the globalist establishment preached appeasement while a NARCO-TERRORIST turned Venezuela into a criminal outpost. That era of weakness, is OVER. President Trump just delivered the ultimate justice: Maduro is in custody. A massive victory for the rule of law and… pic.twitter.com/07ulmHPKWA
— Under Secretary of State Jacob S. Helberg (@UnderSecE) January 3, 2026
Nicolas Maduro wasn’t just an illegitimate dictator; he also ran a vast drug-trafficking operation. That’s why he was indicted in U.S. court nearly six years ago for drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. I just spoke to @SecRubio, who confirmed that Maduro is in U.S. custody and…
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) January 3, 2026
BREAKING - Citizens of Venezuela are now ripping down posters and statues of former Venezuelan “president” Nicolás Maduro following his capture by the United States government and indictment on narco-terrorism charges. pic.twitter.com/NiR1rcx35G
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) January 3, 2026
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