The Spanish newspaper ABC reported that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is serving a sentence in solitary confinement in an American prison.
The newspaper reported that US authorities arrested Maduro on January 3, then transferred him to a pretrial detention center in Brooklyn.
The report indicated that Maduro was placed in a disciplinary solitary confinement cell, where prisoners are allowed out only three times a week for one hour, with their hands and feet shackled and under heavy guard by two monitors.
The newspaper quoted sources as saying that Maduro’s voice could be heard at night from his cell, speaking loudly in Spanish, expressing his anger at what he called the kidnapping and ill-treatment he was receiving.
The newspaper also reported that Maduro and his wife requested a consular visit with representatives of Venezuela, and the court approved this request and ordered it to be secured, and the visit actually took place on January 30.
This comes after a military operation carried out by US forces against Venezuela at dawn on January 3, which resulted in the arrest of President Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, and their transfer to New York to face charges related to drug smuggling.
The raids that targeted the capital, Caracas, and other areas also resulted in casualties, as the Venezuelan authorities announced the killing of at least 100 people and the wounding of a similar number, including military personnel and civilians.
