Overview
- Official tallies list 32 Cuban and 23 Venezuelan personnel killed, with Caracas not providing a civilian count and Cuban authorities releasing names, ranks and ages.
- Cuba declared two days of national mourning for its fallen officers from the armed forces and interior ministry who were serving in Caracas.
- Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said many of the Cuban dead were believed to be in Maduro’s security detail, which he described as largely destroyed.
- Venezuela’s military vowed publicly to seek the return of Maduro, while U.S. officials described the operation as a targeted law-enforcement action rather than an invasion during an OAS session marked by sharp condemnations.
- Maduro and Cilia Flores remain in U.S. custody in New York after entering not-guilty pleas to narcotics and weapons charges.