Two American newspapers knew of a US military operation in Venezuela before it was to happen on Saturday (January 3) but did not publish the news due to security reasons, a report said on Sunday. According to a report on the American news website Semafor, The New York Times and The Washington Post learned of the US raid on Venezuela. And it offers a rare glimpse at a thread of contact and even cooperation over some of the highest-stakes American national security issues,” the report added. Narco-terrorism chargesVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by US special forces in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Saturday, and brought to New York. This operation was done in conjunction with US Law Enforcement,” US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social, after the military operation labelled ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’.

Source: International New York Times January 05, 2026 10:33 UTC