US EditionUS Military Captures Venezuela’s Maduro, Flores but Future Is Unclear
US forces apprehended President Maduro in New York, charging him with trafficking and narcoterrorism, a move President Trump says will allow the US to fix Venezuela's oil industry.
- On January 3, Delta Force of Army Special Forces captured President Nicolás Maduro Moros and his wife Cilia Flores de Maduro, who are now in federal custody in New York with an indictment unsealed there.
- U.S. officials framed the move as leverage to prioritize a pliable government, with President Donald Trump saying the United States will `run` Venezuela and `fix` its devastated oil industry.
- Air Force General Dan Caine detailed how Operation Absolute Resolve, led by a Delta Force snatch team within a sizable United States combined military and law‑enforcement task force, achieved total surprise with no U.S. losses and earned praise for service personnel.
- After the capture, Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim President while Venezuela's military recognized her authority and Diosdado Cabello urged calm and trust in leadership.
- Under the constitution, elections are to be held in thirty days though martial law could overrule, analysts warn longer-term implications are uncertain, and some caution against Iran comparisons.
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The United States has gradually revealed some details of the surprising military operation in which it raided Venezuela's airspace to capture deposed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
Time Magazine
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When reports emerged that the U.S. ousted Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, a familiar assumption quickly took hold about another longtime foe of Washington. If the U.S. could engineer the extraction of a sitting authoritarian leader in Caracas, many reasoned, then Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could suffer the same fate. But that assumption is deeply flawed, if not dangerous, particularly for Iranians who hope for meaningful political change. […
Some authors point out that “when politics fails, the Armed Forces appear.” Others, like Clausewitz, adjusted to contemporary realism, recognize that –in factum – “war is nothing but the continuation of politics by other means.” This could be materialized at the beginning of the new year, with U.S. troops reaching strategic goals in Caracas and arresting Nicolás Maduro, accused of leading drug trafficking organizations, various charges of corrup…
Stars and Stripes
ivpressonline.comUS military captures Venezuela’s Maduro, Flores but future is unclear
Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided detailed information on the mission. He credited and praised the service personnel involved.
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