"Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that President Donald Trump said would set the U.S. up to "run" the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. Maduro landed late Saturday afternoon at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation"
"Some Venezuelan civilians and members of the military were killed, said Rodríguez, who didn't give a number. Trump said some U.S. forces were injured, but none was killed. Speaking to reporters hours after Maduro's capture, Trump revealed his plans to exploit the leadership void to "fix" the country's oil infrastructure and sell "large amounts" of oil to other countries. After arriving at a small airport in New York City's northern suburbs,"
"The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on Venezuela's autocratic leader and months of secret planning, resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Legal experts raised questions about the lawfulness of the operation, which was done without congressional approval. Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, meanwhile, demanded that the United States free Maduro and called him the country's rightful leader as her nation's high court named her interim president."
Nicolás Maduro was captured in a nighttime military operation and transported to the United States to face criminal narco-terrorism charges. Maduro and his wife were extracted from their home on a military base in Caracas. The operation followed months of secret planning and marked a highly assertive U.S. move aimed at regime change. Venezuelan officials reported civilian and military deaths and demanded Maduro's release while naming an interim president. Legal experts questioned the operation's lawfulness and noted it proceeded without congressional approval. U.S. leaders said they will address Venezuela's oil infrastructure and sell its oil abroad.
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