US EditionTrump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee U.S. forces
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife sustained injuries while fleeing U.S. forces during a raid, later pleading not guilty to drug conspiracy charges in New York federal court.
- On Saturday, U.S. special forces reached the Caracas compound about 1 a.m. ET and seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, flying them to federal court in New York where they pleaded not guilty Monday.
- Legal pressure from a long-running U.S. case and fresh charges motivated the operation, as a superseding indictment unsealed Saturday added narco-terrorism allegations amid intensified U.S. military activity in the region.
- After landing at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores received medical evaluations aboard the U.S. airplane, and Flores appeared in court with bandages as her attorney said she `sustained significant injuries`.
- The administration reported substantial casualties and held extensive briefings with Congress, noting nearly 200 U.S. personnel on the ground, some Delta Force operators wounded, and conflicting reported fatalities of more than 115 and over 80, with lawmakers briefed for more than two hours on Monday.
- U.S. officials say Washington aims to establish an interim government, and Attorney General Pam Bondi states `Maduro and others will soon face the full wrath of American justice` amid legal challenges and international law concerns.
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The President of the Moral Republican Council and Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, said that President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores must be released, as their capture is null and void.
The deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrived this week before a federal court in New York with injuries following their arrest in Caracas, a product of the U.S. military operation that captured them on January 3. According to officials of the Administration of President Donald Trump and international media like CNN, both suffered blows to the head while attempting to flee within their presidential complex, a…
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The Independent (US)Maduro and his wife injured ‘bumping into safe room door’ when US raided compound
The US military captured Maduro and Flores in the early hours of Saturday morning
The former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, suffered injuries while fleeing from the American forces that tried to capture them, resulted in information that the U.S. administration sent to more American congressmen. Also, more members of the Delta Force elite were injured during the operation.
While he was brought before a judge in the United States, the president forcibly fallen by the kidnapping of Donald Trump, Nicolás Maduro, carries behind him a record of brutality and authoritarianism.
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