Overview
- Trump and U.S. officials said elite Army operators captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in a pre-dawn raid in Caracas.
- Witnesses reported multiple explosions and low-flying aircraft around 2 a.m., with 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment helicopters inserting the team, according to reports.
- Maduro and Flores were flown out of Venezuela and taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima, with a potential first appearance in federal court in New York as soon as Monday, Fox News reported.
- Reporting says the CIA provided targeting and tracking support for the mission, and Trump described extensive rehearsals on a full-scale replica of the residence, with no U.S. fatalities.
- Trump suggested the U.S. could oversee a transition in Venezuela and warned of a possible larger second wave of strikes, as prosecutors cite the 2020 narco-terrorism case against Maduro.