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Witness Describes US Directed-Energy Weapon Used in Maduro Capture Raid

A witness described a directed-energy weapon causing bleeding and paralysis that enabled 20 U.S. troops to kill hundreds of Venezuelan forces without casualties, officials said.

  • On Jan. 3, a witness described an operation aimed at capturing Nicolás Maduro, with the account posted Saturday on X and shared by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
  • The guard said the raid has sent shockwaves across Latin America, noting heightened alarm after President Donald Trump recently warned Mexico is `on the list` and signaling `don't tread on Uncle Sam`.
  • Radar systems shut down, then drones flew over positions and helicopters—barely eight—deployed about 20 United States troops, with the witness describing a sonic weapon causing collapse and nosebleeds.
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Did the U.S. resort to a new superweapon in the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro? Donald Trump's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt now shared on X an alleged interview in which this is claimed by a bodyguard of the former leader.

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It threw Venezuelan soldiers on their knees.

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Karoline Leavitt, press secretary of the White House, shared on social media the testimony of the uniformed man who would have been in the place where the former Venezuelan dictator was apprehended

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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