India, Jan. 3 -- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is in US custody after President Donald Trump announced that the United States has successfully "captured" him and his wife, Cilia Flores, in dramatically swift military raids in Caracas on Saturday, January 3. He now faces serious charges of narco-terror in the US, and could end up in jail for the rest of his life.

The turn of events echoes similar US military action in another Latin American country exactly 36 years ago - Panama, January 3, 1990.

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US military's elite Delta Force reportedly took Maduro from the heart of the capital city and flew him out of the country. This US action is the first of its kind in South America since the Cold ...