A Department of Justice Boeing 757-223 carrying former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife approached Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, northwest of New York City, between 9:15 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. UTC on January 3, 2026, with reports of subsequent helicopter transport to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to OSINT account sentdefender in multiple posts during this 29-minute window. Sentdefender reported the aircraft on final approach to New York City and preparing to land at Stewart International Airport, citing tracking data. SA_Defensa noted the 757 departed Guantanamo Bay earlier and stated Maduro was potentially descending now, per a post in the same period. Additional OSINT updates in the window included images of strike aftermath at El Hatillo communications center near Caracas from Archer83Able and a reported losses list for Operation Southern Spear from elmustek. ABC News referenced Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez's ongoing demands for Maduro's release in a national address, linking to live updates. Bloomberg reported, via EMPosts, that a CIA team had operated secretly in Venezuela since August, joining 150 aircraft in the operation that captured Maduro last night, according to a story shared in this period. These developments follow U.S. service members' non-life-threatening injuries in the Caracas-area raid, as previously reported by CBS News.
