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--Trump: US captured Venezuela President Maduro, flown out of country 

 

Informist, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – The US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump said Saturday. Maduro and wife are being flown out of Venezuela, Trump said.

 

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social.

 

Venezuela had earlier in the day declared a national emergency after explosions and low-flying aircraft were reported in Caracas, the south-American country's capital. Venezuela had accused the US of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states and Maduro had termed the attacks an attempt by the US to take his country's oil and minerals.

 

The attacks and the subsequent capturing of Maduro come after weeks of Trump accusing Maduro of "emptying his prisons and insane asylums" and "forcing" its inmates to migrate to the US. Trump has also accused the Venezuelan president of using oil money to fund drug-related crime. Since September, the US has launched 30 strikes on what it says are drug-smuggling boats, targeting vessels in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the BBC said. More than 110 people have been killed since the US carried out its first attack on a boat in international waters on Sept. 2, according to the BBC.  End

 

Reported by Shubham Rana

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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