On January 5 local time, a U.S. judge ordered Venezuelan President Maduro, who had been forcibly detained by the United States, to appear at a court hearing on March 17. At noon that day, Maduro and his wife, Flores, made their first court appearance at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Maduro and his wife pleaded “not guilty” to the U.S. charges. In the early hours of January 3, the U.S. launched a large-scale military operation against Venezuela, raiding the capital Caracas and other locations, forcibly taking control of the Maduros, and bringing them to the United States. (CCTV)