Overview

• The US State Department confirmed the extraction of five Venezuelan opposition figures from the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas to American soil.
• The operation, described as 'precise' by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, targeted individuals accused by Nicolás Maduro's government of destabilization efforts.
• The rescued individuals, including Pedro Urruchurtu and Magalli Meda, are closely aligned with opposition leader María Corina Machado.
• The embassy, managed by Brazil since Argentina severed ties with Venezuela in 2024, had become a site of dire conditions, with detainees enduring power outages and surveillance.
• Argentina's President Javier Milei publicly thanked US officials for their role, while Venezuela's government has yet to comment on the operation.