Trump posts photo of handcuffed, blindfolded Maduro
This image posted on US President Donald Trump's Truth Social account on January 3, 2026, shows what President Trump says is Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the US military captured him on January 3, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
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January 3, 2026

Trump posts photo of handcuffed, blindfolded Maduro

WEST PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump posted a photo Saturday of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in custody on a US naval ship and wearing both a blindfold and handcuffs.

“Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, along with a picture showing Maduro hours after he was snatched by US forces.

The Venezuelan leader had on what appeared to be noise-cancelling ear muffs and grey Nike-branded sweatpants and jacket.

Maduro was captured on Saturday by US forces in a “large scale strike” on the South American country, US President Donald Trump revealed earlier.

READ: Trump says Maduro ‘captured and flown out’ of Venezuela

The action followed months of steadily mounting US military and economic pressure on leftist leader Maduro and his country’s oil-export-dependent economy, and came two days after Maduro attempted to engage with Trump, offering cooperation on fighting drug trafficking and illegal migration.

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