WASHINGTON

US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on multiple criminal charges, including "narco-terrorism."

"Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicholas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States," Bondi said on US social media company X.

Her remarks came President Donald Trump said that the US "successfully" carried out a "large scale strike" against Venezuela, and that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been "captured and flown out of the country."

"They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts," Bondi said.