Overview
- Multiple early-morning explosions and low-flying aircraft were reported in Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.
- President Trump said the United States conducted a large-scale operation and that Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were taken out of the country, a claim not independently verified.
- Venezuela condemned a “gravísima agresión militar,” declared a state of emergency and said it does not know the presidential couple’s whereabouts.
- The FAA banned U.S. commercial flights over Venezuelan airspace, citing ongoing military activity.
- Reports indicated strikes on key military sites including Fuerte Tiuna and the La Carlota air base, and a Trump press briefing was announced for later today.