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Vladimir Padrino López

Vladimir Padrino López

Minister of People's Power for Defense of Venezuela

Appears in 2 stories

Born: 1963 (age 62 years), Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse: Yarazetd Jennifer Betancourt Contreras
Education: Academia Militar del Ejército Bolivariano (1984)
Party: United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Office: Minister of People's Power for Defense of Venezuela
Parents: José Manuel Padrino Renaud and Carmen Oneida López de Padrino
Descendants: Mitchell Padrino and Yarazetd Padrino

Stories

From election theft to federal courtroom

Force in Play

Confirmed Venezuelan casualties from U.S. strikes

Delta Force dragged Nicolás Maduro from his bedroom at 2 AM on January 3, threw him on a helicopter, and flew him to the USS Iwo Jima bound for Manhattan. The Venezuelan president now faces narco-terrorism charges in the same courthouse that convicted El Chapo.

Updated May 19

The US capture of Nicolás Maduro

Force in Play

Endorsed Supreme Court ruling appointing Rodríguez as acting president

Delta Force operators captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas at 2 a.m. on January 3 as explosions rocked the capital and helicopters evacuated them to the USS Iwo Jima, bound for New York. By Saturday afternoon, Maduro arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn—the first American military capture of a sitting head of state since Manuel Noriega in 1989.

Updated May 19