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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jan 5, 2026, 03:10 PM Monday

After capture and removal, Venezuela's Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a facility so troubled, some judges have refused to send people there even as it has housed such famous inmates as music stars R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Opened in the early 1990s, the Metropolitan Detention Center, or MDC Brooklyn, currently houses about 1,300 inmates.

It's the routine landing spot for people awaiting trial in federal courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, holding alleged gangsters and drug traffickers alongside some people accused of white collar crimes.

A throng of Venezuelan expatriates, many draped in flags, gathered on the sidewalks outside the jail Saturday night to celebrate Maduro's capture. The crowd cheered as the law enforcement motorcade believed to be carrying the deposed leader and his wife arrived at the jail.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/capture-removal-venezuelas-maduro-being-143621439.html

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After capture and removal, Venezuela's Maduro is being held at notorious Brooklyn jail (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Are they gonna "Epstein" him? He might have incriminating information about t-rump and his goons... wcmagumba Monday #1

wcmagumba

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1. Are they gonna "Epstein" him? He might have incriminating information about t-rump and his goons...
Mon Jan 5, 2026, 03:36 PM
Monday

I'm not really kidding about this, t-rump thinks murder is a standard business practice...

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