Overview
- - The image posted on Truth Social appears to show Nicolás Maduro blindfolded, handcuffed and wearing sound-suppressing headphones on the U.S. Navy ship USS Iwo Jima.
- - Trump and U.S. officials say an overnight operation with airstrikes and a special-forces raid in Caracas captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were flown by helicopter to a U.S. warship.
- - Attorney General Pam Bondi announced SDNY indictments alleging narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and illegal weapons offenses for Maduro and Flores.
- - Trump said the pair are being taken to New York to face prosecution and declared the U.S. would run Venezuela until a safe transition, adding forces were ready for a potential second wave of strikes if needed.
- - Trump reported no U.S. fatalities, with some personnel injured and a helicopter hit, as Venezuela’s government condemned the action and Russia called for immediate clarification.