Kidnapping

Labeling Kidnapping A ‘Capture’

January 21, 2026 Gregory Shupak, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! ICE, Kidnapping, Media, Venezuela

Corporate media have deployed a lexicon of legitimation in their coverage of the deadly US invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, along with his wife and fellow politician Cilia Flores. Major news outlets have routinely described these events using words like “capture” (New York Times, 1/3/26) or “arrest” (BBC, 1/3/26), which presents them as a matter of enforcing the law against fugitives or criminals, and carries the built-in but false assumption that the US had the right or even duty to conduct its operation in the first place.

Filipinos In Chicago Demand Release Of Chantal Anicoche

January 11, 2026 Gio Arauji, Fight Back! News. Resist! Kidnapping, Land grabs, Philippines, Terrorism

Chicago, IL – On January 8, Filipinos and allies gathered in front of the Consulate General of the Philippines to demand the release of Filipino American activist, Chantal Anicoche, and an end to the bombing of Mindoro. On New Year's Day, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted brutal raids and aerial bombings on indigenous Mangyan-Iraya villages, killing three children and displacing nearly 200 families. This style of military terror, backed by the United States, is a tool by big real estate and natural resource companies for land grabbing.

President Maduro Addresses New York Court

January 6, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Kidnapping, Lawfare, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Sovereignty

On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first public statements before a New York court following his abduction by US military special forces in an attack carried out on Venezuelan territory two days prior. President Maduro declared himself a “prisoner of war” and categorically rejected the charges against him, reaffirming his status as the legitimate president of Venezuela. “I am the president of Venezuela, and I consider myself a prisoner of war. I was kidnapped in my home in Caracas,” the Venezuelan president declared before the judge, describing the circumstances of his detention as a military action that violates his presidential legitimacy and his country’s sovereignty.

Trump Will Try To Defend Aggression Toward Venezuela

January 6, 2026 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. Educate! International Law, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, United Nations Charter, Venezuela

The Trump administration’s massive military attack on Venezuela, launched with 150 aircraft, reportedly killed upwards of 80 people, including civilians. In utter defiance of the mandates of the United Nations Charter, U.S. forces launched the attack as they kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, who have been transported to New York, where they face drug trafficking charges. After two world wars claimed more than 100 million lives, 50 countries came together and enacted the UN Charter to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind.”

Who Is Nicolás Maduro And Why Washington Kidnapped Him

January 6, 2026 Gary Wilson, Struggle La Lucha. Educate! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, US Imperialism, Venezuela

On Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration carried out one of the most open acts of imperialist aggression in the recent history of Latin America. U.S. forces invaded Venezuela and kidnapped its democratically elected president, Nicolás Maduro, along with Cilia Flores. This was not a covert operation or a proxy maneuver. It was a direct assault on Venezuelan sovereignty, carried out openly and justified after the fact through executive fiat and imperialist bravado. The target was not simply an individual president, but the right of an oppressed nation to determine its own political and economic path.

Venezuela: Mass Demonstrations Demand Return Of President Maduro

January 5, 2026 Yusleny Morales, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Bolivarian Revolution, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, US Imperialism, Venezuela

With emotions running high, but with determination and great loyalty, the Venezuelan people mobilized in great numbers on Sunday from the Plaza de la Candelaria in Caracas to demand the release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were abducted by the US. On an early January Sunday, when due to the season, public transit is very infrequent in the capital of Venezuela and when many holidaymakers have not returned to the city, thousands of Venezuelans flooded the streets showing the strength of Chavismo, the political force that supports the Bolivarian Revolution.

Supporters Of President Maduro Protest Outside Metropolitan Detention Center

January 5, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Detention Center, Kidnapping, Lawfare, Nicolas Maduro, Prisoner rights

Brooklyn, NY – In the early morning of January 4, over 200 people gathered across the street from the Metropolitan Detention Center, where the kidnapped President Maduro of Venezuela and his wife, Cilia Flores, were being held. The picket spanned over half a block as bundled-up protesters marched for hours in support of President Maduro and Venezuela. Chants rang through the crowd, such as, “Not another penny, not another dollar! We won’t pay for your death and slaughter!’ Several organizations spoke against the Trump administration’s illegal kidnapping of the Venezuelan president.

US Launches Military Strikes Against Venezuela

January 3, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. Educate! air strikes, Delcy Rodriguez, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, US Imperialism, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism

In the early hours of Saturday, January 3, blackouts, aircraft noise, and heavy explosions were heard throughout Caracas and in several other regions of Venezuela. In a statement released around 3 a.m., the Venezuelan government confirmed that the US government launched military strikes in Caracas, La Guaira, and Aragua state. After several hours of uncertainty and following US announcements, the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores was confirmed. The Venezuelan statement, besides confirming the US military aggression, also informed the public that Venezuela is prepared to repel any further attacks.

Maduro Indicted On ‘Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy’ Charges In US Court

January 3, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Kidnapping, Lawfare, President Maduro, Venezuela

The US military abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores overnight on 3 January, following heavy airstrikes that struck the heart of Caracas and multiple other areas across the country. The illegal aggression marked a sharp escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against the Venezuelan government, reportedly targeting key military sites in Caracas, including the Forte Tona complex, La Carlota barracks, Aigeroti airport, and Cuartel de la Montaña, where former president Hugo Chavez's remains lie.

The Israeli Occupation Forces Attacked Our Ship Conscience

October 19, 2025 Edward DiGilio, Popular Resistance. Educate! Freedom Flotilla, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), Kidnapping, Prison, The Conscience, Torture, Zionism

The voyage went relatively well up until the interception. We sailed with the 1000 Madleens to Gaza flotilla so we spent some time catching up to them, waiting for them and then sailing with them. I met a couple of their people while we were in prison and at the hotel after we were released. They were good folks - and highly skilled sailors as well. The weather on the passage was mixed. We had a decent blow a couple of days in and seas were running a meter to a meter and a half. The medical staff used almost all of our seasickness medication during the week we were at sea but we never ran out. Fortunately, things calmed down for the last three days of the voyage. Generally, spirits ran high among the participants and I never felt like we were worried about the Israelis doing anything to us at all.

Children First: A Campaign To Reunite 66 Venezuelan Kids With Their Parents

August 24, 2025 William Camacaro, COHA. Organize! Children, Immigration, Kidnapping, Venezuela

One of the casualties of Washington’s get-tough immigration policy is the plight of children separated by U.S. authorities from their parents. The political party of “family values” has caused needless trauma for these migrant children and round the clock anxiety for parents desperately waiting to be reunited with their loved ones. The Venezuelan government, which has a longstanding policy–vuelta a la patria–of assisting the repatriation of their citizens– has reported that at least 66 children have been illegally held in the United States since their parents were deported to Venezuela. At this writing the author has been unable to obtain information as to their circumstances or whereabouts.

Badar Khan Suri, Georgetown Researcher Abducted by ICE, Speaks Out

August 3, 2025 Badar Khan Suri and Hira Ahmed, Acacia. Educate! Higher Education, ICE, Kidnapping, Legal System, Palestine

Dr. Badar Khan Suri was returning home from a campus iftar on March 17 when masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents jumped out of an unmarked car and detained him outside his home. He had not been charged with any crime. Suri is an interdisciplinary scholar focusing on religion, violence, and peace, especially in the Middle East and South Asia, and works as a researcher at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Over the course of two months, ICE held him in detention centers throughout the South. Since his release on May 14, he has been challenging his warrantless arrest and detention in federal court, bringing claims under the First and Fifth Amendments.

US Embassy-Israel Consular Officials Have NOT Visited Citizens From Flotilla

July 30, 2025 Ann Wright, former US Diplomat, Popular Resistance. Resist! Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Israel, Kidnapping, Prison, US Diplomats

As a former US diplomat charged with the protection of US citizens outside the U.S., I am appalled that no officials from the US Embassy in Israel have made visits to Givon prison in Israel to check on the welfare of the seven US citizens from the Gaza flotilla ship Handala who have been imprisoned for over four days. Officials from other countries whose citizens were on the Handala have made visits to the prison to talk in person about their welfare, conditions and treatment in the prison and treatment by Israeli commandos when the ship was boarded in international waters on July 26, 2025 and US citizens taken against their will to Israel and then charged with illegally entering Israel. There were 7 US citizens on the Handala.

Adalah Demands Immediate Release Of 21 Activists Aboard The ‘Handala’

July 28, 2025 Adalah, The Legal Center for Minority Rights in Israel. Resist!, Slider Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, International Law, Israel, Kidnapping, The Handala

Israeli forces intercepted the Handala in international waters at around midnight (Israel time) on 27 July 2025 and contact with the activists was lost. This peaceful civilian mission was dedicated to the children of Gaza and named after the Palestinian national symbol Handala, created by political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, who represents a barefoot refugee child who turned his back on injustice and vowed not to face the world again until Palestinian refugees are allowed to return to their homeland. This ship, which sailed as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC), is part of the coalition’s ongoing efforts to break Israel’s illegal and deadly blockade on the Palestinian people in Gaza, amid the ongoing genocide and deliberate starvation imposed on Gaza’s population.

Venezuela Rescues 252 Nationals Detained In CECOT ‘Concentration Camp’

July 19, 2025 Orinoco Tribune. Educate! CECOT, El Salvador, Kidnapping, Repatriation, Venezuela

As part of the Return to the Homeland program, two new flights returned 252 Venezuelan nationals to the country on July 18. They had been arbitrarily detained in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador after being deported from the US by order of President Donald Trump. These actions took place without access to justice or due process. Earlier Friday afternoon, the Venezuelan government announced via a statement the release of Venezuelan migrants abducted by the US regime. This followed a negotiation involving the handover of 10 US nationals prosecuted for crimes against national security and some imprisoned far-right politicians.

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