US EditionMaduro Seizure: The Continued Mysteries Surrounding the Intelligence Operation
Maduro faces U.S. charges including narco-terrorism and sanctions evasion; operation hailed by officials as major victory with no U.S. casualties, sparking legal and political debate.
- On September 01, 2025, U.S. forces carried out an operation that captured Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, and U.S. officials said no service members were killed or military equipment lost.
- U.S. prosecutors point to an indictment in the Southern District of New York charging Maduro with narco-terrorism, accusing him of leading the Cartel de los Soles and ties to Iran, Hezbollah and 'ghost fleets'.
- Supporters credited President Trump and U.S. Special Operations Forces, with Hudson saying `Democrats spent years making excuses while an illegitimate dictator and indicted narcoterrorist destabilized the hemisphere and endangered American lives`, and other Republican lawmakers called it a major victory.
- Calls for congressional oversight intensified amid concerns over transparency and the use of taxpayer resources, as critics say U.S. Congress never authorized a new war or regime change in Venezuela.
- Observers warn the operation's secrecy could damage U.S. global leadership and some critics say the drug-trafficking accusation is a ruse masking other motives.
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Prosecutors’ Vivid Accusations Against Maduro Belie a Complex Case
The episodes described in the indictment are vivid, even cinematic. There is Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, selling false passports to narco-traffickers, who used their diplomatic cover to ferry a planeload of drug money out of Mexico. There’s Mr. Maduro and his wife ordering a hit on a drug boss in Caracas. And there’s Mr. Maduro scolding officials foolish enough to place 1.3 metric tons of cocaine worth at least $67 million on a commer…
Maduro’s cocaine-trafficking charges will be hard to prove, legal experts say
By Jay Weaver, Miami Herald To be sure, the optics don’t look good for Nicolás Maduro. For months, the Trump administration pilloried him as a corrupt drug-trafficking politician who consorted with terrorists to harm America, setting the stage for the U.S. military’s seizure of the Venezuelan president in a predawn raid on Saturday. A newly unsealed indictment accuses Maduro, his wife and other powerful Venezuelan officials of participating in “…
From Washington to Bogotá, protests grow as Maduro faces US judge
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by United States forces set off an immediate reckoning in Washington, where protesters poured into the streets, security tightened around federal buildings, and lawmakers confronted the reality of an American operation that removed a foreign head of state and brought him to U.S. soil. That reckoning widened Jan. 5 as Maduro was transpor…
How Maduro’s Ouster Will Shift Criminal Dynamics in Venezuela
How Maduro’s Ouster Will Shift Criminal Dynamics in Venezuela US President Donald Trump insisted that the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has removed the “kingpin of a vast criminal network,” but it will not upend the Venezuelan government’s permissive stance toward organized crime. Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, also snatched in the US raid, are facing trial in New York, but Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has stepped up, and …
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