"Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has been captured as part of a US military operation and brought to New York to face a series of charges related to drug trafficking and weapons possession conspiracies. The Trump administration's unilateral action to extract Maduro from his country an operation dubbed "Operation Absolute Resolve" reportedly involved the use of 150 aircraft to strike locations in northern Venezuela, including the capital, Caracas. Some reports suggest 40 people have died as a result of the US strikes."
"In his second term, seemingly friendlier early relations that saw the Maduro regime assist the repatriation of Venezuelans amid Trump's hard-line immigration stance quickly flipped into conflict, with the US targeting what it alleged were Venezuelan drug-running boats in the Caribbean. Trump also declared the drug fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. But little evidence to support these claims has been given."
US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and transported him to New York to face charges alleging drug trafficking and weapons possession conspiracies. The extraction, named Operation Absolute Resolve, reportedly employed 150 aircraft to strike targets in northern Venezuela, including Caracas, with some reports indicating about 40 fatalities. Observers offered both support and condemnation, and foreign policy and international law experts praised Maduro's removal while questioning the legality of the unilateral US action. The US had previously labeled Maduro a 'narco-terrorist', targeted alleged drug-running operations, and faced suggestions that pressure on Venezuela's oil reserves was an objective.
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