Overview
- Overnight airstrikes hit military bases, airfields, communications sites and ports around Caracas, with blasts reported near Fuerte Tiuna, La Carlota and La Guaira.
- U.S. officials and media said elite special operations troops carried out the seizure with air support, and Trump said Maduro and Cilia Flores were moved by helicopter to the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said a Southern District of New York indictment charges Maduro and Flores with narco‑terrorism and cocaine import conspiracy, with further proceedings to follow in U.S. courts.
- Venezuela declared a state of emergency, reported military and civilian casualties without firm totals, and requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
- Trump said the U.S. will temporarily administer Venezuela and allow U.S. oil companies to operate, as Russia, Iran and Cuba condemned the intervention, the EU urged adherence to international law, Germany convened a crisis unit and issued a travel warning, and the UN chief voiced deep concern.