From the New York Post: A solemn-faced Nicolás Maduro was seen for the first time since his caputue making a handcuffed perp walk inside New York City’s DEA headquarters — in which he oddly wished agents a “Happy New Year,” according to video and snaps.
The toppled Venezuelan tyrant sported black sweats and a black hat as he clutched a water bottle while being escorted through the Chelsea facility before being taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn Saturday night.
The ousted dictator — also seen in white socks and jail-issued flip-flops — can be heard saying “Good Night, Happy New Year,” to surrounding agents, according to a footage released by the White House in a post on X they labeled “Perp walk.”
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured from their home by US forces in a stunning overnight operation in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas early Saturday morning.
The couple were indicted on federal narco-terrorism charges and flown to New York City Saturday evening.
The helicopter transporting them flew past the Statue of Liberty while en route to the Brooklyn detention center.
The White House Rapid Response team posted a video of Maduro’s “perp walk.”
“Good Night, Happy New Year,” the captured dictator is heard saying.
Perp walked.pic.twitter.com/34iIsFUDdG
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 4, 2026
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