After months of exerting pressure, the United States on Saturday carried out a "large scale" military strike against Venezuela and captured its president Nicolas Maduro. Saturday's attack follows weeks of tensions between the US and Venezuela as Trump threatened to strike targets allegedly linked to drug trafficking. Earlier this week, Trump had also announced a strike on a docking area for alleged Venezuelan drug boats. In a recent interview, Maduro suggested that Venezuela was open to negotiating a deal with the US to combat drug trafficking. "We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores," Delcy Rodriguez said.

Source: dna January 03, 2026 13:19 UTC