The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting to discuss recent US actions in Venezuela on January 5, 2026 in at UN headquarters in New York. Leftist strongman Nicolas Maduro, 63, faces narcotrafficking charges along with his wife, who was also seized and taken out of Caracas in the shock US assault on January 3, which involved commandos, bombing by jet planes, and a massive naval force off Venezuela's coast.