{"id":4528,"date":"2026-01-03T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:10:08","slug":"u-s-launches-strikes-on-venezuela-claims-capture-of-president-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4528","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Launches Strikes on Venezuela, Claims Capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States carried out what it described as a \u201clarge-scale\u201d military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, claiming the operation resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to statements from senior U.S. officials and President Donald Trump. The announcement immediately heightened tensions across the region and sparked global concern over the future of Venezuela\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png 490w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post published on Truth Social shortly after 4:30 a.m. Eastern Time, Trump said Maduro and the first lady had been \u201ccaptured and flown out of the country\u201d following an overnight operation involving U.S. law enforcement and military assets. Trump described the mission as \u201csuccessful\u201d and said additional details, including evidence and next steps, would be shared during a news conference scheduled for later Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro has been indicted in New York on multiple charges, including drug trafficking and weapons-related offenses. She stated that Maduro would be transported to the United States, where he would \u201cface the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,\u201d emphasizing that the operation followed years of investigations by U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports from Caracas indicated explosions across parts of the capital as low-flying aircraft were seen overhead during the early morning hours. Venezuela\u2019s government accused the United States of targeting both civilian and military infrastructure, calling the strikes an act of \u201cextremely serious military aggression.\u201d Officials declared a nationwide state of emergency and urged citizens to mobilize in defense of the country, framing the operation as an \u201cimperialist attack\u201d on Venezuelan sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States carried out what it described as a \u201clarge-scale\u201d military strike on Venezuela early Saturday, claiming the operation resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, according to statements from senior U.S. officials and President Donald Trump. The announcement immediately heightened tensions across the region and sparked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4528\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;U.S. Launches Strikes on Venezuela, Claims Capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4530,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions\/4530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}