US EditionVenezuela seeks UN Security Council meeting on US bombings, foreign ministry says
Venezuela condemned the US strike as criminal aggression and sought UN Security Council action amid accusations against Maduro for drug trafficking.
- On Jan. 3, 2026, Venezuela requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting after explosions and low-flying aircraft over Caracas, with Gil citing US 'criminal aggression'.
- Months of heightened U.S.-Venezuela tension preceded the attack after the United States accused Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, of drug trafficking, and Donald Trump, U.S. President, confirmed U.S. forces reportedly captured Maduro and Cilia Flores.
- Venezuelan officials said the strikes hit civilian and military installations across multiple states, declaring a national emergency and calling it a 'colonial war' to plunder resources, Samuel Moncada said.
- Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's Permanent Representative to the UN, formally asked Abukar Dahir Osman, Somali Permanent Representative and Security Council president for January, for an urgent meeting demanding condemnation and measures to hold Washington accountable for 'crimes of aggression'.
- U.S. legal actions followed reports of the Jan. 3 operation, with Attorney General Pam Bondi indicting Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in the Southern District of New York on drug and weapons charges.
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