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BBC
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Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro
2 weeks ago - An extraordinary mission dubbed "Operation Absolute Resolve" saw elite troops breach the Venezuelan president's fortified compound.
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NBC News
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How the U.S. captured Maduro in Venezuela: A CIA team, steel doors and a fateful phone call
“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,” he wrote.
Published   3 days ago
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Fox News
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Maduro flown to New York City after Venezuela attack | Live Updates from Fox News Digital
2 weeks ago - President Donald Trump issued a pointed warning to Venezuela’s new leader on Sunday, suggesting severe consequences if she continues to resist U.S. demands following the American-led operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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CMV: Trump’s lawless abduction of Maduro from Venezuela to the USA is currently a gigantic failure
Your argument seems to me a bit unfair. You claim the action is a failure because it hasn't produced anything currently. But at the same time you argue that the U.S. Will suffer long term consequences... which is it? Are we judging the effect right now or also including future implications More on reddit.com
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He was already indicted in New York. This was just the arraignment. Not the trial. The arraignment is basically where you plea 'not guilty' or 'guilty.' Pretty much everyone will plead 'not guilty' there so it's just a formality. The actual trial won't be this quick. More on reddit.com
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U.S. Department of State
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Nicolás Maduro Moros (Captured)
2 weeks ago - WANTED: NICOLÁS MADURO MOROSREWARD INCREASE OF UP TO $50 MILLION Download the Reward Poster – English [158 KB]Download the Reward Poster – Spanish [162 KB] NAME: Nicolás Maduro MorosALIASES: N/ADOB: November 23, 1962POB: Caracas, ...
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Wikipedia
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2026 United States intervention in Venezuela - Wikipedia
5 hours ago - On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, began around 2 a.m. ...
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South China Morning Post
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Before Maduro’s capture in Venezuela, US spoke with minister who is his loyal ally | South China Morning Post
1 day ago - Trump administration officials had been in discussions with Venezuela’s hardline Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello months before the US operation to seize the country’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, and have been in communication ‌with him since then, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
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UNITED24 Media
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Cuba Brings Home 32 Special Forces Killed During US Capture of Maduro—Who Were They?
1 day ago - The raid, which lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes, resulted in the capture of Maduro and Flores, who were subsequently transferred to the USS Iwo Jima and then to New York.
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The Denver Post
denverpost.com › 2026 › 01 › 16 › denver-kennedy-shooting-maduro-hampden
2nd victim dies in Denver parking lot shooting that followed Maduro’s capture
2 days ago - A second person injured in a parking lot shooting in Denver’s Kennedy neighborhood, where a group had gathered to celebrate after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, died from his injuries, city officials said.
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EL PAÍS English
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Maduro’s capture boosts support for Trump among Venezuelans and Cubans: ‘He’s a man of his word’ | U.S. | EL PAÍS English
2 days ago - Many of those gathered outside the Southern District Court of Manhattan on January 5 say they haven’t slept in days. They’ve been excited ever since their relatives in Venezuela woke them up and told them that Nicolás Maduro had been captured by the U.S.
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Spectrum News 1
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Venezuelan migrants in limbo after Maduro capture
2 days ago - TEXAS — Venezuelan migrant Rosiris Rodriguez has been living in the Senda de Vida shelter in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico, for a full year now, hoping for a change in the United States’ asylum policy. She was initially shocked when U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, but then she felt a deep uncertainty about her own hopes of receiving asylum
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Breitbart
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Maduro Capture Memes Melt the Internet
1 week ago - The recent capture of Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro by U.S forces immediately led to a deluge of memes across social media making fun of the captured dictator.
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CNN
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Live updates: Defiant Maduro pleads not guilty in US court as Trump threatens other countries | CNN
The Trump administration has made a “major mistake” by not working with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado after capturing President Nicolás Maduro, a former US national security adviser told CNN.
Published   4 days ago
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The Hill
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Legal basis for Maduro’s capture trailed by ‘grave concerns’
1 week ago - The Trump administration is facing blowback over its legal justification for the toppling of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid accusations it violated international law and ran afoul of the Constitution with its Jan.
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Wikipedia
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Capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US
1 week ago - On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The operation, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, began around 2 a.m. local time, when explosions ...
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Fox News
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Captured Venezuelan dictator Maduro pleads not guilty before judge cuts off outburst
Dethroned Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro faces arraignment in New York federal court Monday on drug trafficking charges after dramatic U.S. capture.
Published   2 weeks ago
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The Conversation
theconversation.com › how-maduros-capture-went-down-a-military-strategist-explains-what-goes-into-a-successful-special-op-272671
How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what goes into a successful special op
2 weeks ago - The more tactical conditions that were needed for the opportune moment involved things like the weather – you didn’t want storms or high winds or cloud cover that would put U.S. aircraft in danger as they flew in some very treacherous low-level routes through the mountains that separate Fort Tiun – the military compound in Caracas where Maduro was captured – from the coast.
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NYTimes
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Despite Maduro’s Capture, Venezuelan Exiles Realize They’re Not Going Home Soon - The New York Times
1 day ago - Edmundo González, a Venezuelan opposition leader, is still exiled in Madrid despite the capture of Nicolás Maduro.Credit...Oscar Del Pozo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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The White House
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Democrats Once Demanded Maduro’s Ouster. Now They Mourn His Capture — Because Trump Did It.
2 weeks ago - President Donald J. Trump has scored another remarkable foreign policy triumph: the bold capture and extradition of Nicolas Maduro, the indicted narcoterrorist and socialist dictator who plunged Venezuela into chaos, starved its people, and menaced American security, now detained on U.S.