India, Jan. 4 -- First visuals of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have emerged as the Latin American leader is seen handcuffed and flanked by security personnel walking down the hallway inside the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in New York City.

"Happy new year," the captured leader can be heard saying in the video released by the US as Maduro and his wife were brought to New York following US air raids and dramatic capture on Saturday.

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After capture during extraordinary military operation on Saturday, Maduro and his wife were flown out of Venezuela to New York where the two are likely to be imprisoned in federal custody and face criminal charges in connection with a ...