Overview
- U.S. airstrikes and a special forces operation in Caracas led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, with Maduro now held in a Brooklyn federal detention center on drug and weapons charges.
- Hundreds rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday, and additional demonstrations are scheduled Sunday in Lakeview and Schaumburg.
- About 150 people gathered at Baltimore City Hall, where local groups and officials denounced the intervention and Venezuelan residents voiced mixed feelings about Maduro’s removal and U.S. intentions.
- Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela in the interim and that American oil companies would take over its oil operations, while Venezuela’s vice president called for Maduro’s release.
- Chicago leaders, including Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and Reps. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia, Delia Ramirez, and Mike Quigley, condemned the action as unlawful, oil-driven, or unauthorized by Congress.