Maduro at troubled Brooklyn jail that once held Ghislaine Maxwell

A general view of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (MDC Brooklyn) where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is being held before an initial court appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis

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Jan 5 (Reuters) - Days after being ‌captured in a Caracas safe house, ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro finds himself in a far less hospitable environment: a Brooklyn jail where he likely will be confined to ‌a cell 23 hours a day, conditions that Sean "Diddy" Combs and Ghislaine Maxwell had called inhumane.