Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife, Cilia Flores, was captured by US forces on January 3, 2026, and is currently facing federal charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, in a New York court. Maduro, who had been in power since 2013, was taken into custody during a pre-dawn raid in Caracas and transported to the US. Interestingly, Maduro has a spiritual connection with India, being a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba. He visited the Prasanthi Nilayam ashram in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, in 2005, and even had a portrait of Sai Baba displayed in his private office alongside Simón Bolívar and Hugo Chávez.