Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro arrives in New York City after US strikes

Maduro and wife transported to Metropolitan Detention Centerpublished at 07:27

07:27

The motorcade thought to be carrying Nicolas Maduro exited the DEA headquarters and headed north on Manhattan's Westside Highway before returning to the heliport.

It is understood that the Venezuelan president and his wife then reboarded a helicopter to take them to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Three helicopters travelled down the Hudson River, passing the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour.

They now appear to have landed on the grounds of the detention centre.

How was Maduro brought from Venezuela to New York?published at 07:10

07:10

As the US Drug Enforcement Agency books Maduro at its New York headquarters on the west side of Manhattan, we can now bring you a map of Nicolás Maduro's journey from his arrest in Venezuela to landing in New York.

Maduro was flown out of the capital of Caracas on a US helicopter in the early hours of Saturday morning and taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima at an unknown location in the Caribbean Sea.

He was later flown to the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba before being transferred to another plane to head to Stewart Air Force Base in New York state's Orange County.

Maduro was then transferred by helicopter into New York City.

Overall, the Venezuelan leader traveled a distance of 2,100 miles (3,300km) from his capture to landing in the US.