Nicolás Maduro was captured on January 3, in a US military mission titled Operation Absolute Resolve. At approximately 2:01 AM local time, U.S. forces breached Maduro’s fortified compound (Fuerte Tiuna) in Caracas. Troops used blowtorches to cut through steel doors. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were dragged from their bedroom and taken by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima, a US Navy warship stationed offshore. They are now in NYC.