India, Jan. 5 -- Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was produced before a New York court on Monday, days after he was captured in Caracas during a dramatic US military operation.

Maduro, 63, was escorted by heavily armed law enforcement officers to the courthouse after being transported by helicopter and armoured vehicle.

His wife, Cilia Flores, 69, was also detained during the operation.

According to US authorities, the couple was seized on Saturday in a coordinated assault involving helicopters, fighter jets and naval forces.

They were first taken to a U.S. Navy vessel, flown to the United States, and later lodged at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

A 25-page indictment unsealed on Saturday accuses them of or...