The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro - praised by President Donald Trump as stunning and powerful - leaves behind uncertainty about who is running the oil-rich country. Trump said on Saturday that Vice President Delcy Rodriguez,

In the photo, Maduro is standing in sweatpants and sweatshirt, but more notably he is wearing some kind of eye mask to blindfold him and heavy-duty earmuffs that block out sound. The Venezuelan leader also has a bottle of water in his hand, from which he ostensibly has been drinking.

Washington — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from what prosecutors said was his role in a scheme to import "thousands of tons" of cocaine into the United States and enrich himself, his family and senior members of the Venezuelan government.

US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in largest military incursion into foreign country since the war in Iraq.

Maduro and his wife were taken into custody by Justice Department officials "assisted by incredible U.S. military" forces with "no loss of life," Caine said. He did not provide any details of any injured Americans. When the helicopters left the compound, they were protected by fighter aircraft and drones that provided suppressive fire.

President Donald Trump approved the strike before Christmas after months of planning, including troops training using a model of Maduro’s compound.

Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but rather a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe.

When the United States conducted an overnight military strike on Venezuela on Saturday morning, Jan. 3, not only was the nation's leader, Nicolás Maduro, captured, but so was his wife, Cilia Flores.