Kidnapping

Ecuadorian Fishermen Kidnapped By US Military Have Been Acquitted

October 12, 2026 BreakThrough News. Educate! Ecuador, Kidnapping, Legal System, US military

An Ecuadorian judge ordered the immediate release of nearly 30 fishermen whose two boats were destroyed by the US military in the Pacific Ocean. The Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office had charged them with alleged illegal activities. The sequence of events is telling. In two separate instances between late August and early September, the fishing boats Conquista II and María Candelaria were boarded by US military forces while on the high seas. The US forces, after transferring the fishermen to other vessels, destroyed and sank their boats.

Activists Worldwide Call For Release Of Nicolás Maduro And Cilia Flores

October 5, 2026 Yonaski Moreno, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Cilia Flores, International Solidarity, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

Activists from across the world have signed a manifesto calling for the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The statement was published by ALBA Movements and the International Peoples’ Assembly (AIP). Organizations, social movements, political parties, trade unions, intellectuals, and individuals worldwide added their signatures to the manifesto demanding the release of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Deputy Cilia Flores from US jail. Among the signatories are English musician Roger Waters, journalist Ignacio Ramonet, and Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) leader João Pedro Stédile.

Senior US Prosecutor Leaves Case Against Kidnapped Maduro And Flores

October 4, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Jason A. Richman, a senior US federal prosecutor who led the case against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, has left the New York prosecutor’s office. His departure comes as the defense challenges Washington’s authority to prosecute the Venezuelan head of state, kidnapped alongside Flores during the January 3 US military aggression. Richman served as co-chief of the National Security Unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. According to Bloomberg Law, Manhattan US Attorney Jamie McDonald informed the court that Richman’s employment ended on September 25, 2026.

New Yorkers Rally To Free Cilia Flores!

October 4, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Cilia Flores, International Solidarity, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

New York, NY – On October 3, New Yorkers joined the Anti-War Action Network National Day of Action to demand no U.S. intervention in Venezuela and “Free Cilia, free Maduro.” Waving Venezuelan flags and holding signs that read “Support women’s health! Release Cilia Flores,” 50 local activists and community members rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, in Sunset Park, where Maduro and Flores are being held prisoner on bogus charges of narcoterrorism. The rally marked nine months since Maduro and Flores were abducted from Caracas, Venezuela during an illegal U.S. raid, which killed over 100 people.

Nicolás Maduro Is Not Guilty

September 14, 2026 Stephanie Weatherbee Brito and Vijay Prashad, BreakThrough News. Educate! Kidnapping, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is not guilty. This is a statement of law and fact, since Maduro has not been convicted of any crime. He has pleaded not guilty to every charge brought against him, and the accusations made by the United States remain precisely that: accusations. Under the presumption of innocence – recognized in the United States Constitution and in Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – the burden rests entirely upon the prosecution to prove guilt. It is not Maduro who must prove his innocence, but it is the United States government that must prove his guilt.

President Maduro’s Defense Requests Dismissal Of US Case

September 5, 2026 Diario VEA, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Presidential immunity, Venezuela

The defense of the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who remains incarcerated in a New York prison following his abduction by US military forces on January 3, requested the dismissal of the criminal case against him in the United States, citing his sovereign immunity as a sitting head of state. President Maduro’s lawyer, Barry Pollack, submitted two motions to the court on Wednesday, September 2. The first motion intends to dismiss the entire accusation based on sovereign immunity, while the second, in case the first does not succeed, seeks to dismiss the charge of conspiracy for narco-terrorism.

Supporters Gather Outside President Maduro And First Lady Flores Hearing

July 26, 2026 Fight Back! News. Resist! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Legal System, Nicolas Maduro, Prison

New York City , NY – Early on the morning of Wednesday, July 22, dozens of anti-war activists and community members gathered facing the courthouse in downtown Manhattan for the federal hearing of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. This was the third hearing after the abduction of Maduro and Flores from their home in Caracas on January 3. The Trump administration carried out a bombing campaign that killed around 80 people in their pursuit of the president and first lady. They were brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, where they are awaiting a sham trial.

Global Sumud Flotilla Announces Release Of 10 Kidnapped Volunteers

June 24, 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla. Educate! Global Sumud Flotilla, Kidnapping, Libya, Palestine

Benghazi, Libya — The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) confirms that the ten humanitarian volunteers from the Global Sumud Land Convoy, unlawfully kidnapped and held as political hostages by the Haftar-affiliated Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) for over a month, have finally been released. While we welcome their safety, let this be absolutely clear: there will be no quiet exit, no amnesia, and no normalization of the lawless brutality inflicted upon these peaceful human rights defenders. The volunteers, including medical doctors, educators, and journalists, were intercepted in a calculated act of state-sponsored kidnapping.

After The US Bombing, A Venezuelan Community Under Siege Speaks

April 23, 2026 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Resist! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, Socialism, US Military Intervention, Venezuela

The large-scale US airstrike on Venezuela was unprecedented in modern history. The surprise attack forcibly kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores, from Fort Tiuna on the outskirts of Caracas. The US killed over 100 people in the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, including reportedly some civilians in the neighboring Ciudad Tiuna social housing complex. We visited Ciudad Tiuna 50 days after the US bombing to hear the resident’s accounts. We were the second “solidarity brigade” to visit Venezuela and the first to arrive by air.

Attacked And Kidnapped At Sea, Fishermen Allege US Involvement

April 16, 2026 People's Dispatch. Educate! Ecuador, fishermen, Kidnapping, US military

An Ecuadorian fisherman made a shocking allegation in a recent report published by the newspaper Primicias. Erick Fabricio Coello Saltos claimed that he and 19 other fishermen were attacked on the high seas by drones and then kidnapped by a US vessel. According to his testimony, they were hooded, held in a sort of container, and transported for over a week to El Salvador. There, the Ecuadorian fishermen were handed over to local authorities who, after medical evaluations, kept them in a reception center until their deportation to Manta (costing their families nearly USD 400).

Roger Waters Demands Release Of President Maduro And Cilia Flores

April 15, 2026 TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Cilia Flores, International Solidarity, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, Roger Waters

Roger Waters chose April 13 to stage a protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. The date was not chosen at random, as that same Monday, Venezuela commemorated National Dignity Day, marking 24 years since the defeat of the coup attempt against Commander Hugo Chávez, which was reversed by masses of Chávez supporters descending on the seat of the presidency in Caracas and demanding the return of their duly elected president.

The Weight On Delcy Rodriguez

April 2, 2026 Craig Murray. Educate! Delcy Rodriguez, Kidnapping, US Imperialism, US Intervention, Venezuela

Almost everything you are told in the West about Venezuela is untrue, and the biggest lie is that Machado, Guaidó and the groupings around them are in any sense democrats or liberal. They are not, and have direct family and political links to the murderous CIA-sponsored regimes of the pre-Chávez years. They also have many scores to settle – Machado’s family, to give just one example, dominated the electricity supply before it was nationalised. A very large number of the “political prisoners” the West is so concerned about, were involved in efforts at military coup or violent insurrection, of which Guaidó’s comic opera attempt in 2019 was only the most publicised.

Protests In Venezuela And US Demand Freedom For Presidential Couple

March 28, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. Resist! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

Simultaneous marches were held in Caracas and New York on Thursday, March 26, demanding the release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady and National Assembly Deputy Cilia Flores, who are being illegally held captive in the United States. In New York City and Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, hundreds of banners flew with a single slogan, “Free the Venezuelan presidential couple.” On Thursday, during the presidential couple’s second hearing, people from different nationalities gathered near the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Propaganda Assault: A Tale Of Two Venezuela(n)s

February 21, 2026 Yader Lanuza, Popular Resistance. Educate! Chavismo, Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Media, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

After the Trump administration illegally kidnapped the legitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3rd, 2026, we saw two distinct and divergent responses from Venezuelans. On the one hand, the Venezuelan diaspora, especially in the United States, celebrated President Maduro’s kidnapping and bombing of their birth country. On the other hand, inside Venezuela, for weeks after the illegal abduction, citizens engaged in (almost) daily and massive demonstrations to condemn the attack that killed and wounded over 100 people.

The Decapitation That Failed

February 20, 2026 Roger D. Harris and John Perry, Popular Resistance. Educate! Cilia Flores, Kidnapping, Nicolas Maduro, US Regime Change, Venezuela

The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that it would face little immediate consequence. The response within the US political establishment to the attack on Venezuela has been striking. Without the slightest cognitive dissonance over President Maduro’s violent abduction, Democrats call for “restoring democracy” – but not for returning Venezuela’s lawful president. So why didn’t the imperialists simply assassinate him?

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