Nicolas Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after touchdown at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by closely armed Federal brokers as they make their method into an armored automotive en path to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2026 in New York Metropolis.
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Seven U.S. service members have been injured throughout Saturday’s U.S. army operation in Venezuela that captured Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, a Pentagon official advised MS Now on Wednesday.
Two of the seven are nonetheless recovering, whereas 5 have recovered from their accidents sustained within the operation dubbed “Absolute Resolve.”
“The truth that this extraordinarily complicated and grueling mission was efficiently executed with so few accidents is a testomony to the experience of our joint warriors,” the official stated.
The official stated an evaluation of casualties on the bottom was nonetheless ongoing and is being led by the U.S. intelligence neighborhood.
Venezuelan officers beforehand advised MS Now that greater than 70 folks have been killed within the raid.
Particular operations forces from a number of service branches and greater than 150 army plane have been concerned within the seize of Maduro.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated the army motion was carried out in coordination with American regulation enforcement authorities, in response to a publish on Reality Social on Saturday.
Cuba stated on Monday that 32 of its residents have been killed through the operation, including that these people have been finishing up missions for Cuba’s armed forces and inside ministry. The assertion was posted by Cuba’s presidential workplace on Fb.
The U.S. strikes adopted weeks of army buildup within the area and repeated threats by Trump in opposition to Maduro.
The deposed chief appeared in a New York courtroom on Monday, the place he stated he had been “kidnapped” along with his spouse by U.S. forces from his dwelling in Caracas and described himself as a “prisoner of conflict.” He pleaded not responsible to drug trafficking expenses.
— CNBC’s Lim Hui Jie and MS Now’s Julia Jester contributed to this report.
