Overview
- U.S. officials say Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores surrendered to an extraction team and were transferred to U.S. custody aboard the USS Iwo Jima.
- Gen. Dan Caine outlined a nighttime mission launched from roughly 20 bases across the region, with air defenses neutralized to reach a compound in central Caracas.
- The Pentagon reported exchanges of fire during the withdrawal, one helicopter damaged but operational, and no U.S. fatalities.
- The White House says Washington will oversee a temporary transition in Venezuela, while the Venezuelan government denounced the action as a grave military aggression.
- Independent verification identified strikes during the raid on La Carlota air base, Fuerte Tiuna, the port of La Guaira, and Higuerote airport.