"Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention centre on Sunday after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious U.S. raid to capture the South American leader and take control of the country and its vast oil reserves. As part of the dramatic operation early on Sunday that knocked out electricity in parts of Caracas and included strikes on military installations, U.S. Special Forces seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores,"
""We will run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump told a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. For months, his administration criticised Maduro, 63, over what it called his involvement in shipping drugs to the U.S. It ramped up pressure with a massive military build-up in the Caribbean and a series of deadly missile attacks on alleged drug-running boats. Maduro has denied any involvement in drug trafficking and says Trump wants Venezuela's oil."
"Some legal experts questioned the legality of an operation to seize the head of state of a foreign power, while Democrats who said they were misled during recent Congress briefings demanded a plan for what is to follow. Trump said as part of the takeover, major U.S. oil companies would move back into Venezuela, which has the world's largest oil reserves, and refurbish badly degraded oil infrastructure, a process experts said could take years."
U.S. Special Forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a raid that cut power in parts of Caracas and struck military sites, then transported them to the United States. President Donald Trump said U.S. forces would run the country and cited alleged Maduro involvement in shipping drugs to the U.S. The administration mounted a Caribbean military buildup and attacked suspected drug-running boats. Allies urged adherence to international law and diplomacy, while legal experts questioned the seizure's legality and Democrats sought a plan. Trump said U.S. oil companies would return to refurbish Venezuela's degraded infrastructure, a process experts said could take years.
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