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Venezuela Reports 100 Dead in U.S. Operation That Captured Maduro

U.S. authorities plan to try the Venezuelan leader in New York on drug terrorism charges.

Overview

  • Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said about 100 people were killed and a similar number injured in the weekend raid in Caracas, with the figures not yet independently verified.
  • U.S. forces carried out a nighttime operation, seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and transported them to the United States for prosecution.
  • Cabello said Flores suffered head and body injuries and Maduro a leg wound, and he added that both are recovering.
  • Former vice president Delcy Rodríguez has assumed leadership in Venezuela following Maduro’s transfer into U.S. custody.
  • Washington has not released a casualty count, U.S. media have cited an estimate of roughly 75 deaths, and international reactions range from support to claims the action violated international law.