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Maduro releases his first images from the Brooklyn jail, taken two months ago<\/p>\n

Sunday, August<\/a> 30th<\/a> 2026<\/a> – 23:54 UTC<\/p>\n


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Former Venezuelan president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro released on Sunday, through his X account, the first known photographs since he entered the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where he has been held since January. The images show him in sportswear making a victory sign.<\/p>\n

\u0093I am sending these photos as a small gift to all my grandchildren, to the children, and to all the good people who love us,\u0094 he wrote in the accompanying message. \u0093I want you to know that we stand firm, with our hearts full of your love.\u0094<\/p>\n

The photographs are not recent. According to sources close to him, they were taken on June 25, during Father’s Day week; Maduro himself saw them on July 13 and they reached his circle by post this week. There is no confirmation from the Federal Bureau of Prisons regarding their authenticity or date.<\/p>\n

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Peque\u00f1o regalo de amor y esperanza<\/p>\n

Env\u00edo estas fotos como un peque\u00f1o regalo a todos mis nietos y nietas, a los ni\u00f1os y ni\u00f1as, y a toda la gente noble que nos ama. pic.twitter.com\/Z6u3130arn<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

Maduro was captured in Caracas on January 3 by US forces and transferred to New York along with his wife, Cilia Flores. Both pleaded not guilty to the four narcoterrorism-related charges brought against them. \u0093I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man. I remain president of my country,\u0094 he said at his first appearance, at which he also argued he had been \u0093kidnapped.\u0094 His lawyer described the operation as \u0093a military kidnapping.\u0094 There is no conviction against him.<\/p>\n

Federal judge Alvin Hellerstein set the trial to begin in June 2027, following a joint request from prosecutors and the defence in July. Before that, a hearing on November 17 will determine whether Maduro enjoys immunity as a head of state, an argument with which his defence seeks to challenge the entire proceeding.<\/p>\n

Little has emerged about his conditions in detention. According to his son, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro Guerra, he spent the first months in an isolation cell and now shares space with other inmates. He has 510 minutes a month for calls to the outside world, with a limit of sixteen minutes per conversation, which he uses daily to speak with Caracas.<\/p>\n

The release of the images comes two days after the government of acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, formerly his vice-president, announced alongside the US administration an agreement granting Washington majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan reserves, around 21% of the country’s total. The arrangement is structured through a joint venture with 100-year concessions over seventeen fields.<\/p>\n