Where are Venezuela’s Maduro and his Wife Being Held in the U.S.?

Following his dramatic arrest by U.S. forces, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, a notorious federal jail with a history of scandal and mismanagement.

The facility, which houses around 1,600 inmates and has been plagued by incidents like stabbings, killings, and a week-long blackout during a 2019 polar vortex, is known for detaining high-profile figures such as Ghislaine Maxwell, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and R. Kelly.

Maduro faces federal charges including narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States.