Overview
- Breaking his retirement, Andrés Manuel López Obrador labeled the operation a “prepotent attack on Venezuela’s sovereignty” and a “kidnapping” of Nicolás Maduro.
- Addressing President Trump, AMLO urged him to “send the hawks to hell,” cautioning that a fleeting victory today could become a crushing defeat tomorrow.
- Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, issued an institutional statement urging respect for the UN Charter and reaffirming non‑intervention principles.
- U.S. officials say the mission succeeded, with Trump describing that he watched it in real time and praising the professionalism of the forces involved.
- U.S. prosecutors in the Southern District of New York filed narcoterrorism and related charges against Maduro and Cilia Flores as reports indicate they were transported to the United States.