{"id":306539,"date":"2026-01-03T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-captures-and-charges-venezuelas-president-with-drugs-and-terrorism-offences-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:00:12","slug":"us-captures-and-charges-venezuelas-president-with-drugs-and-terrorism-offences-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-captures-and-charges-venezuelas-president-with-drugs-and-terrorism-offences-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US captures and charges Venezuela&#8217;s president with drugs and terrorism offences | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/9-9E9fvQxEA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US captures and charges Venezuela's president with drugs and terrorism offences | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-9E9fvQxEA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Trump confirmed on Saturday morning that the US had carried out &quot;a large scale strike against Venezuela&quot; and said the president&#8217;s wife Cilia Flores had also been taken.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the couple were aboard the US warship Iwo Jima and headed to New York, where they will face prosecution on drug and terrorism charges.<\/p>\n<p>On his Truth Social platform, the president shared a picture of Maduro wearing ear defenders and what appears to be a blindfold.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump confirmed on Saturday morning that the US had carried out &quot;a large scale strike against Venezuela&quot; and said the president&#8217;s wife Cilia Flores had also been taken. 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