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From Caracas 'Fort' to New York Court: Maduro's Capture in Pictures and Maps
Delta Force troops captured Maduro and his wife after months of CIA intelligence, evacuating them to a U.S. Navy ship before indictment on narco-terrorism charges.
- On Saturday, U.S. Delta Force troops captured President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores inside a fortified Caracas compound and evacuated them by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima for trial in the Southern District of New York.
- Months of CIA-led covert intelligence, including field agents, wiretaps and satellite imagery, tracked President Nicolás Maduro’s movements, with a critical pattern at Puerta Tizona in the final days of 2025 producing the actionable lead.
- At 2:00 a.m. local time, U.S. Air Force aircraft struck radar and communications while Delta Force helicopters inserted troops who breached the compound amid resistance; exfiltration took two and a half hours.
- Congressional Democrats and others said President Donald Trump violated the War Powers Act by failing to notify Congress, while Marco Rubio argued notifying Congress could have endangered the mission, and Trump announced success on social media.
- Lawmakers warned there is no plan for the day after and cautioned the raid could destabilize Venezuela amid the largest U.S. military buildup in the region in decades.
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