Overview
- Diosdado Cabello appeared in Caracas leading armed patrols, repeating the slogan "To doubt is to betray" and urging forces to take to the streets after Nicolás Maduro's capture.
- Under a nationwide state of emergency, authorities ordered hunts for suspected U.S. sympathizers, and residents reported new roadblocks where masked men checked phones for antigovernment messages.
- Cabello, who oversees the Bolivarian Militia and colectivos, is portrayed as the pivotal power broker as Delcy Rodríguez serves as acting president.
- He is named in U.S. drug-trafficking charges alongside Maduro and was included in the indictment unsealed as Maduro was brought to court in New York this week.
- Local enforcement signaled tighter controls, with Mérida state police reporting arrests of two men accused of celebrating Maduro's "kidnapping."