The US team grabbed Maduro just as he was trying to get into his steel vault safe room, Trump said. The predawn seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026 was a complicated affair.

Military personnel guarded the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas after multiple explosions were reported across the capital. Source: AAP / Miguel Gutierrez ...

Thirty-six years ago, U.S. troops spent 10 days waiting out Panama’s strongman Manuel Noriega as he holed up inside the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Panama City, while American ...

The United States revealed new details of the covert military mission that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with senior officials describing an operation of unprecedented ...

As US special forces carried out an audacious, night-time raid to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Friday night, President Donald Trump watched the action unfold from his Florida estate at ...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (January 3) said American forces carried out an “extraordinary” overnight military operation in Venezuela’s capital, claiming it resulted in the capture of ...

At 10:46 p.m. EST on Friday, President Trump pulled the trigger on a plan to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, following months of rising tensions and failed diplomacy. The mission, known as ...

Shortly before 11pm on Friday, Donald Trump ordered the US military to launch an operation in the dead of night to snatch the leader of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas. “Good ...

Protesters gather in Chicano Park in Barrio Logan on Saturday Jan. 3, 2026 to oppose U.S. action in Venezuela. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) Reactions were mixed Saturday by San ...

On Saturday, the United States captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and took him to New York to face criminal charges. American special operations forces seized Mr. Maduro with the help ...

Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provided details Saturday on how the U.S. military and various intelligence agencies worked together to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, revealing that more ...