Overview
- President Donald Trump approved the mission that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and said the United States would be running Venezuela until a transition is arranged.
- The Los Angeles Times reported that U.S. intelligence agencies spent months preparing the operation and had assets on the ground during the extraction.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe accompanied Trump at Mar-a-Lago through the operation and posted, "Teamwork at its finest," alongside situation-room photos.
- As of the latest reports, Gabbard had not publicly commented, while her 2019 post urging the U.S. to stay out of Venezuela resurfaced and drew criticism on social media.
- NDTV reported that Maduro and his wife were taken to New York, with Trump saying they were indicted in the Southern District of New York and that Maduro is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.