Overview
- Venezuelan authorities say U.S. strikes hit Caracas, Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira and denounce what they call a very serious military aggression aimed at the country’s oil and minerals.
- President Nicolás Maduro ordered a national state of emergency and called for broad mobilization to defend sovereignty and resources.
- President Donald Trump posted that the United States carried out a wide-ranging strike in Venezuela and that Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country.
- CBS News reported that U.S. Army Delta Force conducted the operation that led to Maduro’s arrest.
- Senators Ruben Gallego and Mike Lee publicly questioned the legality and constitutional authority for the action, signaling immediate political pushback in Washington.