The US team grabbed Maduro just as he was trying to get into his steel vault safe room, Trump said. The predawn seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026 was a complicated affair.

The United States revealed new details of the covert military mission that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with senior officials describing an operation of unprecedented ...

Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provided details Saturday on how the U.S. military and various intelligence agencies worked together to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, revealing that more ...

Cuba has acknowledged the deaths of 32 Cubans in the American military operation that ousted Venezuela's leader over the weekend HAVANA -- An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban ...

President Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, following a “large-scale attack.” By Melissa Kirsch and The Morning Team Reports of explosions in Caracas ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan ...

US military targeted Maduro in 'Absolute Resolve' mission with law enforcement support Operation involved 150 aircraft, neutralized air defenses, and extraction teams Venezuela denies US control ...

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said more than 150 U.S. aircraft were used. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided a very detailed account of how the U.S. military’s ...

President Donald Trump confirmed early Saturday in a social media post that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been taken into U.S. custody, just hours after reports of multiple explosions ...

CENTCOM launched Operation Hawkeye Strike, striking over 70 targets with more than 100 precision munitions after two U.S. Soldiers and an interpreter were killed on Dec. 13. The U.S. military has ...

Pedestrians walk past destroyed containers at La Guaira port in Venezuela after the president was captured by the US. (AP) President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at ...

Underneath a full moon in Caracas, the might of the U.S. military was on full display during the early morning hours of Jan. 3. Fighter and bomber jets supported the raid force, striking air defenses ...