Overview
- President Donald Trump said he watched the operation in real time from Mar-a-Lago and reported no U.S. fatalities, with only minor injuries.
- U.S. special operations forces, including Army Delta Force, executed a rehearsed assault informed by CIA surveillance and an asset close to Nicolás Maduro.
- Pentagon strikes targeted military sites in and around Caracas, with images from La Carlota air base showing charred anti-aircraft vehicles.
- Maduro and Cilia Flores are in U.S. custody aboard the USS Iwo Jima and are expected to be transferred to New York to face SDNY narcotics- and weapons-related indictments announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Some members of Congress were informed only after the raid began, triggering immediate scrutiny of legal authority, oversight procedures and international implications.