Maduro's rise from union leader to embattled ruler

NICOLAS Maduro, who rose from unionised bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country's democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured on Saturday during an attack by US forces on his capital.

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US President Donald Trump, in an early morning social media post, announced Maduro's capture. Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, later announced that the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, remained unknown. Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, said Maduro and Flores, would face charges after an indictment in New York.

Maduro's fall was the culmination of months of stepped-up US pressure on various fronts.