Introduction On January 3, 2026, American special forces captured Nicolás Maduro and transported him aboard the USS Iwo Jima to New York—an event without precedent in international criminal law since the operation against Manuel Noriega in 1990. For the first time in thirty-six years, the United States had forcibly seized a person exercising de facto … Continue reading The Cartel of the Suns Faces American Justice: A Legal Analysis of United States v. Nicolás Maduro