'Large part' of Maduro's security team killed during U.S. raid, Venezuela's defense minister says
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino reported most of Maduro's security team died in the U.S. raid that seized the president without U.S. casualties, with 80 Venezuelans killed overall.
- On Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seized by U.S. Special Forces during helicopter strikes and transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, New York, awaiting court proceedings.
- The Justice Department relied on a long-standing narcotics case enforcing a U.S. federal indictment alleging decades-long narco-terrorism, carried out under President Donald Trump's authority.
- Padrino, speaking on Sunday, reported many casualties in Maduro's security team and backed Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, saying the Venezuelan armed forces are activated nationwide to guarantee sovereignty.
- On Monday, Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in New York federal court in Manhattan, with protests expected in Manhattan and Brooklyn outside courthouses and Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn.
- The episode prompted global criticism and immediate energy consequences as oil exports remain at a standstill since last month, with PDVSA asking joint ventures to cut crude output.
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