‘Dirty’ and ‘infested with drugs’: behind the New York jail holding Maduro and Combs

A slew of high-profile names have resided in Metropolitan detention center, accused of unsafe, inhumane conditions

After US military forces seized Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas during a controversial pre-dawn raid, they were ultimately spirited to one of this country's most infamous jails: Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, New York.

The deposed Venezuelan president and Flores will almost certainly reside in Metropolitan detention center (MDC) until their federal trial on drugs and weapons charge - inducting them into a notorious group that counts Sean Diddy" Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo" as either current or previous members.