Overview
- Witnesses and international outlets reported at least seven blasts across Caracas, including near Simón Bolívar Airport, the La Guaira port, a southern military base, and on Isla Margarita, with power outages in some areas.
- President Donald Trump said the United States conducted the strikes and claimed Maduro was captured, a statement not independently verified by news organizations or officials.
- Venezuelan authorities denounced the events as U.S. aggression, imposed a state of emergency, and began collecting information on casualties, with the defense minister saying civilians were affected.
- A PDVSA representative told Reuters that preliminary checks showed no hits on oil infrastructure and that production and refining were operating normally.
- Russia’s ambassador said the embassy in Caracas was unharmed, and the Washington Post reported that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López were believed to be safe.