conflict in Venezuela
Factsheet
Operation Gideon Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the Venezuelan presidential crisis
Belligerents National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Belligerents Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve (CARIVE)
Silvercorp USA
Silvercorp USA
Operation Gideon Part of the crisis in Venezuela and the Venezuelan presidential crisis
Belligerents National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Bolivarian Intelligence Service
Belligerents Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve (CARIVE)
Silvercorp USA
Silvercorp USA
Wikipedia
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Operation Gideon (2020) - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - Following the failed 2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt led by Guaidó against Maduro on 30 April, Guaidó's movement lost momentum. William Neuman wrote in the 2022 book Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela that, with waning support and other options not materializing, Guaidó and López sought "another way out of Venezuela's impasse".
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DW
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Venezuela: 32 arrested in alleged plot to kill Maduro
January 23, 2024 - Authorities in Venezuela have arrested 32 individuals, including soldiers and civilians, for their alleged role in a plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro, the prosecutor's office said Monday.
CNN
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January 3, 2026 — Maduro in US custody | CNN
NYPD officers attempt to control a crowd as people celebrate after the United States struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were then brought to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, ...
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AP News
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Official: Venezuelan general arrested in assassination plot | AP News
December 12, 2023 - The incident came at a time of political and economic crisis in Venezuela, a once-wealthy oil power that is suffering runaway inflation and shortages of food and medicine that have driven hundreds of thousands to flee abroad. Saab identified the two detained officers as Col. Pedro Zambrano Hernandez and Gen. Alejandro Perez Gamez of the National Guard. He did not describe their suspected roles. A 29-year-old opposition lawmaker, Juan Requesens, is also under arrest and charged with treason and attempted homicide.
BBC
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Venezuela: US dismisses claim CIA plotted to assassinate Nicolas Maduro
September 15, 2024 - "These two detainees even tell us about a group of mercenaries they are looking for to bring to Venezuela with very clear objectives to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro, Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, myself, and another group of comrades who are leading our party and our revolution."
CBS News
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Trump says U.S. is "in charge" of Venezuela, Maduro jailed in New York after U.S. military operation
2 weeks ago - "There is no legal justification in the Constitution, in the history of the Constitution, or an American law that would authorize the president to wage war, to depose President Maduro and seize its oil and run the country of Venezuela without coming to Congress," Kaine told reporters Saturday. Since October, there have been two failed attempts each in the Senate and House to limit the president's authority to strike Venezuela and the suspected drug-smuggling boats in the region.
The Telegraph
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‘Viceroy of Venezuela’: The assassination plot that made Marco Rubio
He organised a meeting between Mr Trump and the wife of a jailed Venezuelan opposition leader in 2017, and received weekly briefings about the administration’s crackdown on Latin American governments, the outlet reported. His sharp criticism had long been a source of frustration for Mr Maduro, who had branded him the “craziest of the crazies” and whose head of security forces, Diosdado Cabello Rondon, was said to be behind a plot to assassinate the outspoken senator, according to a US intelligence memo.
The Caravel
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Foreigners Arrested in Venezuela Amidst Accusations of Assassination Plot Against Maduro — The Caravel
December 15, 2024 - Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello accused the man–along with three other Americans, two Spaniards, and a Czech citizen–of conspiring to kill Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelanalysis
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Venezuela: Maduro Condemns Assassination Attempt on Argentina’s Cristina Fernández - Venezuelanalysis
August 25, 2023 - Mexico City, Mexico, September 5, 2022 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the assassination attempt against Argentine Vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and expressed his solidarity with the ...
BBC
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Venezuela President Maduro survives 'drone assassination attempt'
August 5, 2018 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones.
Reuters
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Venezuela arrests activist for alleged links to Maduro assassination attempt | Reuters
April 16, 2024 - REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File ... 16 (Reuters) - A renowned Venezuelan activist was arrested for his alleged involvement in a reported assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last month, the country's Attorney ...
ABC7 Chicago
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Venezuela news: 6 foreigners, including 3 Americans, allegedly involved in plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, arrested - ABC7 Chicago
September 16, 2024 - Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested Saturday after Venezuelan officials accused them of coming to the South American country to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.
NYTimes
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Venezuela Updates: U.S. Forces Seize Two Tankers; Rubio Lays Out Plan for American Control - The New York Times
At a news briefing on Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that members of the Marinera crew — which had sailed the vessel away from the Coast Guard’s first boarding attempt last month — could face legal action. “They will be brought to the United States for such prosecution, if necessary,” Ms. Leavitt said. The seizing of the tanker signals that the United States intends to maintain its partial blockade on Venezuelan oil after capturing the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday in a stunning military operation in Caracas.
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Daily Mail
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Venezuela President Maduro to 'stand trial' in the US as Trump 'captures' leader and his wife after explosions rocked capital Caracas | Daily Mail Online
2 weeks ago - Trump said Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been 'captured and flown out of the country' after he ordered the US military to conduct a 'large scale strike.'
OpIndia
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Venezuela: 3 Americans detained over plot to kill President Maduro
September 15, 2024 - They contacted French mercenaries, they contacted mercenaries from Eastern Europe, and they are in an operation to try to attack our country.” He added that 400 rifles originating from the US were seized and deemed the possible assassination attempt as a “terrorist act.” · Cabello further added that the three Americans and one Czech national arrested in the matter were linked to the alleged plot to kill the President. He implicated the intelligence agencies of the US and Spain, along with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, in the plan.
NBC News
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How the U.S. captured Maduro in Venezuela: A CIA team, steel doors and a fateful phone call
Vice President JD Vance went to Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach and met with him during the day Friday to discuss the strikes. But he left before the attack started, in deference to concerns that a late-night motorcade movement might tip off the Venezuelans about the coming raid, a Vance spokesperson said.
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The Guardian
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Venezuelan leader lands in New York after capture – as it happened | Venezuela | The Guardian
2 weeks ago - The New York Times reported that at least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in Saturday’s attack. The estimate came from a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on the condition of anonymity
POLITICO
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Venezuela arrests US, EU citizens over alleged plot to kill Maduro – POLITICO
September 15, 2024 - Venezuela on Saturday arrested three United States citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national over their alleged participation in a U.S.-sponsored plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro and several members of his government.