Overview
- U.S. forces conducted overnight strikes in Venezuela, captured President Nicolás Maduro, and flew him and his wife Cilia Flores to New York.
- Maduro was flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base, taken to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Manhattan offices, and transferred to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
- Trump said the U.S. would assume temporary control of Venezuela to enable a “safe, proper and judicious transition,” echoing debates over the country’s vast oil and mineral resources.
- Russia and China issued public condemnations of the U.S. raid, characterizing the operation as hegemonic behavior, according to reports.
- Clips from Jack Ryan Season 2 surged across social media as users drew parallels, though co-creator Carlton Cuse said the show aimed for plausibility rather than prediction.