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 ...

At 10:46 p.m. EST on Friday, President Trump pulled the trigger on a plan to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, following months of rising tensions and failed diplomacy. The mission, known as ...

On Saturday, the United States captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and took him to New York to face criminal charges. American special operations forces seized Mr. Maduro with the help ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro was a months-in-the-making mission rehearsed using replicas of Maduro’s fortified compound, showcasing military might, ingenuity — and ...

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The United States' military operation on Jan. 3 in Venezuela in which that country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife were seized is of interest to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in ...