When US forces moved swiftly to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month, the public explanation focused on military precision and surprise. What remained largely out of sight was the role played by a covert CIA team operating inside Venezuela for months beforehand.
According to people briefed on the operation, the CIA did far more than quietly observe. Its officers carried out sabotage, recruited sources close to Maduro, tracked his movements in real time, and fed intelligence directly to US military commanders as the raid unfolded. The result was an operation that reflected not just close coordination between intelligence agencies and the Pentagon, but a broader shift in where and how the CIA is choosing to operate, the New York Times reported.
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