BREAKING: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was arrested to stand trial on criminal charges In US !!!!

[Bread and Circuses]

BREAKING: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was arrested to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States and no further military action is expected, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Senator Mike Lee.

— AZ Intel (@azintel.bsky.social) 2026-01-03T10:27:37.946Z

BREAKING: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was arrested to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States and no further military action is expected, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Senator Mike Lee.

[EarthFirst]

1. Expected to stand trial?

I was expecting a swift execution style spectacle; perhaps even a ticketed invite only event at Mar a Lago.

[Bread and Circuses]

2. It still could happen. Everything is up for grabs

[DemMedic]

3. What charges?

[Coldwater]

5. Good question

kangaroo court or do they really have a solid case against him, and why did they kidnap his wife?

[RoseTrellis]

16. From the DoJ

All I could find was this Southern District of New York attorney’s office press release from 2020.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-narco-terrorism-charges-against-nicolas-maduro-current

[Polybius]

18. I'm assuming they were together at the time

We'll see though.

[malaise]

4. Effin madness

That is all

[DFW]

6. "Criminal charges"

Boy, you can't get much more specific than that, can you?

The new wrinkle in American law: arrest first, and figure out the charges later. Saves on paperwork, right?
It has worked for despotic rulers throughout history, so why should we be any different?
Sure, Maduro is a cruel selfish despot. It's not like that puts him in some kind of unique category all by himself.

[Norrrm]

7. That qualifies him for a full Trump pardon.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Such a dump of fascist bullshit by Rubio and Lee

"criminal charges in the United States" - there may be grounds for saying he's rigged Venezuelan elections, but US charges are going to be dubious. Trump, of course, claimed he didn't want to be "world policeman", so this sounds like bullshit.

"kinetic action" - fuck off, you catchphrase-repeating moron. Stop trying to make "kinetic" happen.

"protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant" - again, fuck off. The attacks were all over the city. They were to draw attention away (not just from any arrest, but also from Trump's friendship with the child rapist Epstein), and probably kill several innocent people.

"protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack" - once more, fuck right off. You set up a show-kidnapping (including Mrs. Maduro). There was no "actual or imminent attack" - you attacked, and anticipated that Venezuelans would defend themselves, in their own country. Calling this "an actual or imminent attack" is Nazi-level bullshit - it's what they did with Poland.

[RoeVWade]

10. Was there a plan beyond taking Maduro out and see what happens? That would be what I expect from Trump.

Who knows? Too many questions.

[mitch96]

12. Vid update of attack on Caracas in Venezuela by Delta Force...

This gent usually reports about the Ukraine War.
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&t=175s

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Probably going to be extorted to hand over the oil in return for his freedom.

[Vinca]

14. What charges? It can't have anything to do with drugs since Trump just pardoned a major trafficker to the US.

This is a distraction from Epstein, the J6 anniversary and millions losing health insurance. As a side benefit, Trump will grab oil and minerals on his way out the door. Democracy my ass. He's destroying democracy in this country, so we know it's not that.

[RoeVWade]

15. Trump has been blurring the lines between police and military action for awhile now. Alarming in and of itself.

Oh yeah, he's against corruption.
HAHHAHAHAHA
Unless he's involved or has a cut.

Have I said anything incorrect yet? I don't think so.

[MyOwnPeace]

17. Just wondering.............

Why can’t Great Britain or France come over here and rescue us from ‘our’ criminal leader?

[tanyev]

19. Lindsey Halligan is trying to do her research on Wikipedia right now.

V…e…n…e…z…w…a…y…l…a….WTF! This country doesn’t even exist!