Trump Captures Maduro

Woah. Not much details there yet, but … woah. 😲

CNBC: Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States conducted a large-scale strike in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro and his wife were captured and removed from the country following the operation, which was conducted in coordination with U.S. law enforcement authorities, Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. No further details were provided.

CBS News reported that the U.S. Army’s elite Delta Force unit was involved in the capture of Maduro.

There was no immediate confirmation from the Venezuelan government. However, Maduro’s official Facebook page posted a video stating that attacks occurred in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira, according to a translation of the Spanish-language statement. The statement in the video added that the U.S. would not succeed in its goal of possessing Venezuela’s oil and minerals, and that Maduro had declared a national emergency and mobilized defense forces.

Explosions were reported in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, at about 2 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), according to images circulating on social media that could not be independently verified.

CBS News: U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured early Saturday morning by members of Delta Force, the U.S. military’s top special mission unit, U.S. officials told CBS News. The elite Army Delta Force was also responsible for the 2019 mission that killed former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.