Overview
- U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in overnight strikes and transported him to New York, officials said.
- Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base, taken to DEA offices in Manhattan, and then transferred to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
- President Trump said the United States will run Venezuela on an interim basis until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” can occur.
- Clips from a 2019 Jack Ryan Season 2 monologue highlighting Venezuela’s oil and mineral wealth have gone viral across social platforms.
- Series co-creator Carlton Cuse said the season sought plausibility rather than prediction, emphasizing that its Venezuelan storyline is fictional.