Overview
- U.S. armed forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas in an operation reported as “Solución Absoluta,” with reporting stating he would be placed at the disposal of U.S. justice.
- Senator Patricia Bullrich called the capture a “historic day” for the region, celebrated President Donald Trump’s announcement, and framed the action as extracting the head of the Cartel de los Soles.
- Horacio Rodríguez Larreta condemned the military action as a dangerous breach of sovereignty while calling Maduro a sanguinary dictator and urging a Venezuelan-led democratic path with free elections.
- Bullrich and Larreta exchanged pointed posts on X, with Bullrich labeling him “tibio” and Larreta replying with an archival photo and retort, highlighting a renewed intra-opposition rift.
- Coverage notes that the Cartel de los Soles has been designated a narcoterrorist organization by both the United States and Argentina, and additional online clashes involved ministers Diego Santilli and Javier Alonso.