Overview
- Chief of staff Manuel Adorni announced that the National Directorate of Migration set entry bans for Venezuelan officials, military, regime-linked business figures, and U.S.-sanctioned individuals.
- Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva said Argentina will not be a refuge and ordered reinforced checks at border posts and airports with immediate alerts.
- The Foreign Ministry issued a communiqué valuing the U.S. operation in Venezuela and describing Maduro’s network as a criminal structure.
- U.S. authorities said Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were captured in a military operation, moved to the USS Iwo Jima, and transferred to New York to face charges.
- Venezuelan communities in Argentina held celebrations, while chavista figures denounced the intervention, as the new controls took effect.