"Suddenly, her phone was blowing up with messages from her mother and uncle in Caracas, Venezuela. The voice notes were terrifying, she said. I was able to hear not just the helicopters, but all the shots. Mendoza-Gonzalez said her mother lives very close to the military zone where the U.S. military captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, in an operation that Venezuelan officials say left more than 100 dead."
"Hours later, the American people woke up to the news that the Trump Administration had launched a military attack on the Latin American country to capture Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The two were flown to the United States to face charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine-importation conspiracy, and weapons charges. In the days since the U.S. Army's Delta Force, an elite special forces unit,"
On Jan. 2 late evening, Oakland resident Alexandra Mendoza-Gonzalez received voice notes from family in Caracas describing helicopters and gunfire near a military zone where U.S. forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in an operation Venezuelan officials say left more than 100 dead. The Trump Administration launched a military attack that resulted in Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, being flown to the United States to face narco-terrorism, cocaine-importation and weapons charges. The news hit the East Bay Venezuelan-American community like a bombshell; community members agreed Maduro's ouster was overdue but were divided over the U.S. role, while families in Venezuela remain fearful and uncertain.
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