❓WHAT HAPPENED: The United States executed a large-scale strike against Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, President Nicolas Maduro, and U.S. forces.
📍WHEN & WHERE: January 3, 2026, Venezuela.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: President Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured and removed from Venezuela.
President Donald J. Trump announced on January 3, 2026, that the United States has conducted a significant military operation in Venezuela. The operation is said to have led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” President Trump announced on his Truth Social platform. He added that the operation was “done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement,” and that details would follow at an 11 AM news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
The raid builds on months of U.S. strikes against cartel boats near Venezuela, alongside the seizure of sanctioned oil tankers linked to the Maduro regime. U.S. law enforcement believes the Marxist dictator is also the leader of the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), responsible for smuggling large quantities of deadly narcotics into the U.S.
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