The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Saturday announced an order directing Delcy Rodriguez, the vice president, to assume the role of acting president.

The order cited the "exceptional situation created by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Republic, which constitutes a case of material and temporary impossibility for the exercise of his duties."

Under the order, which was posted in Spanish on the court’s official website, Rodriguez would in her temporary position have “all the powers, duties, and faculties inherent to the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the Nation."

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

Photos obtained by ABC News show a handcuffed Nicolas Maduro being escorted by Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole and other federal agents after landing in New York on Saturday.

After arriving at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, Maduro was taken by helicopter to New York City and then to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Maduro, who was captured in Venezuela early Saturday morning along with his wife Cilia Flores, is facing federal narco-terrorism charges in the U.S.

Nicolas Maduro's wife Cilia Flores, is also in U.S. custody in New York, sources familiar with the matter said.

Shortly before 9 p.m., Maduro was on his way to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, where he will be held.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky, Luke Barr and Katherine Faulders

Photos and videos appeared to show Maduro being escorted by agents from a plane after it landed outside New York City.

Maduro was expected to be flown into the city by helicopter and expected to be processed on federal charges and detained in a federal jail as he awaits trial.