Video Fact: Maduro Was Escorted Off The Plane In New York By A Convoy

• 4.01.2026, 10:16

The dictator was handcuffed and his legs were chained together.

A person who appears to be Venezuela's former dictator Nicolas Maduro appeared surrounded by a large number of security personnel at New York airport in the United States, Sky News reported.

The article said that U.S. correspondent James Matthews reported that the person who was brought down the gangway was "seemingly barefoot ... with his head covered."

Matthews noted that the person in the video appears to be quite tall. It is added that Maduro is approximately 1.9 meters tall.

The publication added that the man identified as Maduro was also handcuffed as he was led down the runway and his feet were chained together.

The publication notes that the vehicle is next scheduled to take the Venezuelan president to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Later it became known that the former dictator of Venezuela is already in a detention center in Brooklyn.