President Nicolás Maduro is in custody at a New York detention centre after he was captured during US strikes on Venezuela on Saturday
Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, were taken from the capital Caracas to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to face drug trafficking-related charges.
He has previously denied being the leader of a drug cartel.
Venezuela has announced a state of national emergency and denounces the “military aggression.”
President Donald Trump says the US is going to “run” Venezuela “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition”
US oil companies would also fix Venezuela’s “broken infrastructure” and “start making money for the country”, Trump says
Trump’s comments may signal to some that he isn’t serious about shoring up Venezuela for a democratic or just future, but rather to plunder its oil wealth, writes our correspondent Tom Bateman.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
