US EditionMarylanders with Ties to Venezuela React to Maduro Capture
U.S. forces executed strikes to capture Nicolás Maduro and reportedly first lady Cilia Flores, triggering reactions from supporters and diaspora communities, officials said.
- On Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. airstrikes in Caracas captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores, while President Donald Trump announced charges of narco-terrorism.
- Delcy Rodríguez said on state television the operation had foreign fingerprints and political aims, while Abbas Araghchi condemned it as breaching the UN Charter and Israeli leaders praised U.S. leadership.
- Supporters in downtown Caracas embraced after the announcement, while Ronald Oribio said, `Having lived that wrongful detention, you know, human rights violations as well, I feel that this is something that sooner or later would need to happen in Venezuela.`
- Outside Baltimore City Hall, the Party for Socialism and Liberation held an emergency protest on Jan. 3, 2026, calling the capture a war crime and demanding Maduro's return to Venezuelan soil.
- Diplomatic responses underscore broader geopolitical alignments and tensions as Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar praised the mission and hoped for renewed ties between Jerusalem and Caracas, while Abbas Araghchi condemned it on X as violating the UN Charter.
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Another day, another Democrat trying to pan President Donald Trump’s policies and actions as a “distraction” from an imaginary evil. The dramatic capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro set off another wave of whining from Democrats who insist Trump is trying to distract from the economy, the Epstein files, and the alleged “insurrection” of January 6, 2021. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland latched onto the latest narrative in an appearance on …
MichaelSavage.com – Nicolas Maduro could face death penalty if fallen Venezuelan dictator convicted
Fallen Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro could face the death penalty if convicted on federal drug-trafficking and other charges. The strongman was nabbed at his Caracas palace in a daring US raid and is now being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn pending his arraignment Monday on a four-count indictment. If found guilty, Maduro…
The American forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday and forcibly took them to New York to be brought to justice. What are the next steps for them? We discuss this with Mr Olivier Piton, lawyer at the bars of Washington D.C. and Paris.
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