Overview
- Senior editors at both outlets were briefed shortly before the operation and held stories for several hours to avoid endangering troops, according to Semafor.
- Administration officials warned that immediate reporting could expose U.S. personnel, and the papers chose restraint despite the absence of any legal prior‑restraint mechanism.
- President Donald Trump approved the Caracas mission at 10:46 p.m. Friday and later praised the operation’s secrecy and the lack of American casualties.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are in U.S. custody in New York under SDNY indictments alleging narco‑terrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offenses.
- A Times reporter cited a preliminary Venezuelan official tally of at least 40 people killed, as Caracas condemned the raid as unlawful, and The Washington Post’s editorial board endorsed the U.S. action.