Overview
- Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said at least 100 people were killed and roughly the same number wounded, a statement reported by Reuters and CNN.
- Earlier counts included a Venezuelan army list naming 23 dead, a New York Times report of at least 40, and a Cuban government claim of 32 Cuban personnel killed.
- U.S. accounts describe a January 3 operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores that used extensive intelligence, air-defense suppression, and a helicopter-borne assault.
- U.S. officials say no American service members were killed; the Associated Press reported seven wounded, with five back on duty and two treated at a Texas hospital.
- Delsi Rodriguez serves as acting president as Washington presses for steps against drug trafficking, the expulsion of foreign agents, and limits on oil sales to U.S. adversaries.