Key Highlights
- Earlier, US President Donald Trump said American forces had "captured" Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them out of Venezuela during a pre-dawn operation targeting Caracas and surrounding areas.
- "It was a brilliant operation, actually," Trump told The New York Times, after witnesses in Venezuela reported a series of explosions.
- "A lot of good planning and [a] lot of great, great troops and great people." US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the couple would face criminal charges and trial in the United States under a New York indictment issued in 2020.
- In a post on social media, she said they would "soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts".
- In a separate social media message, Trump confirmed that US forces had launched what he described as "a large-scale strike against Venezuela", adding that further details would be provided at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
