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Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple was captured and swiftly removed from the country before being flown to New York, where Maduro is expected to face federal charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy and large-scale drug trafficking.
Trump publicly confirmed the operation later that day, portraying it as the culmination of years of pressure on a regime accused of corruption, repression, and collaboration with international criminal networks. He framed the mission as necessary to protect U.S. national security interests
and to give Venezuelans a chance at political change after decades of socialist rule.
On Sunday, President Trump delivered a blunt warning to Maduro’s allies in Venezuela, telling them they must either “surrender or play ball,” according to Fox News senior correspondent Benjamin Hall.
Speaking on Fox News, Hall said Trump revealed he had spoken directly with Maduro just days before the U.S. strike in Caracas. During that call, Trump said he issued a clear ultimatum demanding Maduro’s surrender, but the Venezuelan leader
President Donald Trump has issued a major warning to remaining power brokers inside Venezuela following the dramatic capture of longtime strongman Nicolás Maduro, delivering what allies describe as a blunt ultimatum: surrender or cooperate.
In the early hours of January 3, U.S. forces launched what officials described as a highly coordinated, limited-duration mission inside Venezuela. Airstrikes targeted key military and security infrastructure around the capital, while special operations units moved in on a safe house believed to be sheltering