Extra: Former U.S. Marine Details Brutal Imprisonment Under Maduro, And How He Survived

The Fox News Rundown

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Daily News, News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Venezuela’s ousted leader, Nicolás Maduro, is now behind bars in a Brooklyn prison, facing charges that include narco-terrorism and weapons offenses. One person applauding his capture—and the bold U.S. raid in Venezuela that made it possible last Saturday—is United States Marine veteran Matthew Heath. Heath spent two years as one of Maduro’s political prisoners and experienced that brutality firsthand. On the FOX News Rundown this week, Heath joined host Dave Anthony and recounted how he was kidnapped by the Venezuelan government and the torture he endured while being held captive. He also discussed the crimes he believes Maduro committed while running the South American nation and what he hopes lies ahead for the country now. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full conversation. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we share our entire interview with United States Marine veteran Matthew Heath and hear more of his incredible story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.4	I'm Dave Anthony. Today, Venezuela, and reaction to the U.S. military operation that captured leader Nicholas Maduro from someone who was a victim of the Maduro
0:51.6	regime, a former U.S. Marine who spent two years in a living hell behind bars in
0:59.2	Venezuela as a political prisoner. So you can understand why Matthew Heath was happy that the U.S.
1:06.7	ousted Maduro, who's now jailed in Brooklyn, New York, along with his wife, both have pleaded
1:13.3	not guilty to a variety of federal charges, including narco-terrorism and drug crime allegations.
1:19.8	We caught up with Matthew Heath days after that U.S. raid.
1:25.0	He lives in Tennessee now.
1:27.1	He's been there since being freed in a prisoner swap.
1:29.7	President Biden worked out with Venezuela back in 2022. And our conversation was too long to fit into
1:37.7	our rundown podcast that went out back on Wednesday. But the trimming that we had to do
1:44.0	has been undone today. So you get to hear
1:47.5	all of them in this extra. We always post two every weekend with our rundown guests. We hope you
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