Overview
- Federal filings in New York detail narcotics and weapons charges against Nicolás Maduro, whom U.S. officials accuse of leading a drug‑trafficking network.
- The months‑planned Operation Absolute Resolve deployed more than 150 aircraft and special forces to breach the presidential compound and extract Maduro and his wife in under 30 minutes, according to U.S. briefings.
- Venezuela’s Supreme Court appointed Vice‑President Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, and authorities there claimed roughly 40 people were killed during the assault, a figure not independently verified in these reports.
- President Trump said the United States will oversee a transition with no set timeline, maintain a military presence at oil facilities, and open the sector to investment by American energy companies.
- Regional fallout intensified as Colombia reinforced its border after an emergency security meeting and Trump issued warnings to leaders in Mexico, Cuba and Colombia, including a direct threat to President Gustavo Petro.