Celebrity prison that has even ‘hosted’ a former CBF president: what is the prison like where Nicolás Maduro will be held in the USA?

Trump says the United States will manage Venezuela Captured in a United States military operation this Saturday (3), in Caracas, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, is expected to respond to American justice in New York and remain detained in a maximum security federal prison pending trial. 🔴 LIVE: Follow the latest news in real time ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp The main destination is the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn — the only federal unit in the city, which houses pre-trial detainees and convicts considered highly dangerous. According to official information from the unit itself, around 1,336 people are currently detained there. Security agents in front of the prison where Nicolás Maduro will be held, in New York. Reuters According to information from “Fox News”, it has not yet been decided whether he will remain in an area reserved exclusively for himself until the custody hearing, scheduled for Monday (5). Additionally, Maduro will remain separated from his wife, Cilia Flores, who has also been detained by US authorities. Federal prison held famous defendants MDC Brooklyn was opened in the early 1990s by the US Federal Department of Corrections. Since then, the unit has established itself as one of the main custody centers for defendants involved in high-profile federal cases in the country. Over the years, the place received names that marked criminal investigations of international scope. Among them is Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, who was detained in the unit before being sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking and other crimes. The list also includes well-known figures from recent news, such as rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell — former companion of Jeffrey Epstein — and businessman Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency brokerage FTX. The detention center has also housed a name familiar to the Brazilian public: the former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), José Maria Marin, in 2017. 👉 Extradited from Switzerland, he was imprisoned at MDC Brooklyn while responding, in the USA, to corruption charges related to the FIFA scandal. In 2020, he was released due to his health condition and returned to Brazil. Marin died in July 2025, aged 93. View of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), in Brooklyn, a federal prison that is expected to hold Nicolás Maduro. Reuters Rigid environment and precarious conditions The Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center is described as an environment of strict control and conditions considered precarious. The cells are monitored 24 hours a day, contact with the outside world is very restricted and visits follow strict protocols. Even so, as it involves a head of state and a case of great international repercussion, Maduro may be subject to a special custody regime within the unit. According to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Maduro and the first lady, Cilia Flores — also detained by US authorities — were formally charged with the following crimes: Conspiracy for narcoterrorism; Conspiracy to import cocaine; Possession of machine guns and explosive devices; Conspiracy to possess machine guns. Trump and Maduro AP Photo/Evan Vucci; Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Attack on Venezuela After months of speculation and maritime operations near the Venezuelan coast, the US launched an offensive this Saturday against targets in Caracas, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. In reaction, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, called on ministers and the population to oppose foreign intervention in the country’s government. In a statement broadcast on public television, she called for calm and stated that Venezuela “will never be a colony of any nation”. Rodríguez also declared that Nicolás Maduro remains the country’s president and classified the US action as a “kidnapping”. “Venezuela only has one president: Nicolás Maduro,” he said. The statements were made after Donald Trump announced that Washington intends to temporarily take over running the country until a political transition is carried out, after the capture of the Venezuelan leader during the night.

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