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Venezuelan leader Maduro arrives in New York, news outlets report

By Thomson Reuters Jan 3, 2026 | 4:34 PM

NEW WINDSOR, New York, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas ‍Maduro landed in the United States on Saturday, multiple news outlets reported, arriving ‌in upstate New ‌York following his capture in an overnight U.S. operation.

Video showed a plane arriving ​at Stewart International Airport about ‍60 miles (97 ​km) northwest of ​New York City, with ‍several U.S. personnel in FBI and other gear boarding the aircraft after it ‍landed. TV news networks, including CNN, Fox News and ‍MS ‍Now, identified ​a person who ​disembarked ⁠from the plane ‌as Maduro.

(Reporting by Mike Segar; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Sergio Non and Chris ⁠Reese)