US EditionSunday Shows Preview: Trump Operation in Venezuela Draws Praise, Condemnation
President Trump announced Maduro and his wife are indicted for drug smuggling after U.S. strikes aimed at stopping narcotics and freeing Venezuela without troop casualties.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced large-scale strikes on Venezuela and said President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores were captured, adding the operation involved US law enforcement.
- The United States has long accused Nicolás Maduro of heading international drug trafficking and a narco-terrorist network; in recent weeks it seized two oil tankers and struck more than 30 boats.
- U.S. officials credited Delta Force and American Special Operations for the capture, with Maduro and Cilia Flores taken to Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, Trump called it a `brilliant operation`.
- Pamela Bondi, United States Attorney General, announced Maduro and Cilia Flores will be tried in the United States, and `They will soon face the full wrath` of justice, at the Southern District of New York.
- Critics warned about the legality and escalation after the strikes, which followed months of U.S. military buildup with thousands of troops and more than a dozen warships.
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Sunday shows preview: Trump operation in Venezuela draws praise, condemnation
President Trump dropped a bombshell early Saturday when he announced U.S. strikes against Venezuela and the capture of the country’s strongman leader, Nicolás Maduro. At a news conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort later in the day, the president detailed a plan for the U.S. to “run” Venezuela until a transition takes place, even as Venezuelan…
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Mixed reactions in the Bay Area and the U.S. after Trump's actions in Venezuela
In the United States, there has been both condemnation and support after President Donald Trump confirmed U.S. military action in Venezuela and the arrest of that country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife. In San Jose on Saturday, Venezuelan food truck hub Panas Parche hosted a celebration for what they called the fall of the narco-government. Owner Joel Silva, who came to the U.S. from Venezuela about a decade ago, said he was relieved …
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