Frank Schell
In the early morning of January 3, the U.S. Delta Force and other special forces, supported by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores at their residence on a military base. More than 150 aircraft of different types and about 20 U.S. bases were said to be involved in this spectacularly successful exfiltration known as Operation Absolute Resolve, which had been planned for months in concert with U.S. intelligence and law enforcement sources.
Evidently power in Caracas was cut off by U.S. cyberattacks, and Venezuelan air defenses were suppressed to allow entry of multiple types of helicopters. Maduro and his wife are now in New York; he is charged with cocaine trafficking as leader of a cartel known as Cartel de los Soles. His wife and son (not in custody) have also been charged along with some others.[1] Venezuelan sources report dozens of security personnel killed, including 32 Cubans.[2] No U.S. deaths were reported.
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