From the Caracas stronghold all the way to a Manhattan courtroom: The Venezuelan leader's capture in photographs as well as maps.
American officials assert their military operation to capture Venezuela's leader took many weeks of planning, however the moment the US President gave the command to commence, the mission dubbed "Absolute Resolve" only lasted about two and a half hours.
The shocking pre-dawn attack this past weekend represented an unprecedented event within contemporary international relations and resulted in the detention of Venezuela's president along with his wife, Cilia Flores de Maduro.
Captured by soldiers from an elite US army unit as they tried to escape inside a heavily secured secure chamber, the two are now detained in a detention centre within New York City and are confronting drug trafficking and terrorism accusations.
A Early Morning Assault on the Military Complex
With daybreak that morning, the magnitude of the armed intervention in Caracas, Venezuela's primary city, became apparent.
Images of the vast military base, a huge army installation where key officials live, depict bombed out structures and burned, smoking cars.
It was at this facility that Maduro and his wife were apprehended, a senior political figure a party official stated.
Hours Before - The President Issues the Command
The mission commenced amid reports of blasts around 2 AM local time (06:00 GMT).
The US cut power to the city, Trump has since said, calling it "dark and deadly".
The goal was to neutralize Venezuela's air defences and open up the way for American assault helicopters to reach Fuerte Tiuna.
"We assessed that we successfully kept totally the element of surprise", the top general remarked.
Targeted sites included the base, a maritime facility and an airfield. Images depict Fuerte Tiuna on fire, with huge flames visible for miles.
Venezuelans have described the way American choppers flew at low altitude above the city, heading for the military base.
A number of the aircraft came under fire, however managed to continue flying, military leaders stated.
There was a lot of weapons fire," Trump added.
A Lightning-Fast Ground Assault
After landing, forces from an elite special operations unit, moved quickly.
They gained access to the compound just after 2 AM Caracas time, and the Maduros surrendered without resistance, according to accounts.
But, more details were provided. They tried to escape into a safe place, described as a military "fortress".
"The safe place is all steel, and he wasn't able to make it to the door as our personnel were so fast.
"It was an extremely heavy entryway, a very heavy door," the President informed the media. "He made it to the door. He could not to shut it."
However, even assuming they had succeeded to enter the bunker, forces could have blown it open in about "47 seconds".
From the Capital to Manhattan
Currently under American detention, Nicolás Maduro and his wife were moved approximately 2,100 miles, to New York City.
They were taken by air out of Caracas via chopper, and transferred to the USS Iwo Jima, a naval vessel positioned off the coast. The team was completed in international waters before 4:30 AM.
It was on the ship where an iconic image from the entire mission emerged - Maduro in handcuffs, wearing ear protectors and a type of blindfold resembling opaque glasses.
From the USS Iwo Jima, his initial stop was at the American naval installation at Guantánamo Bay.
The Maduros then traveled on a government plane to Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York, before a final helicopter transfer to Manhattan.
Confronting The Legal System on American Soil
That same day, footage was released showing the detainee inside the federal drug agency's headquarters in New York.
He and Cilia Flores are presently detained at a federal holding facility in the city.
They face charges with planning narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking, owning automatic weapons and explosives, and plots to possess such weapons and bombs to use against America.
They are set to encounter the complete force of American justice in the United States in American courts," a senior legal official declared.
Video documents Maduro's arrival into American and journey into custody.
