US President Donald Trump said the United States captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela after a series of airstrikes, an extraordinary escalation in his months-long campaign against the country.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” Trump wrote on social media.
Trump said there would be a press conference later Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Capturing Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marks an unprecedented intervention and a stunning fall for the Venezuelan leader who became president in 2013. The strikes prompted condemnations from Maduro supporters including Russia’s Foreign Ministry and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who called for a United Nations Security Council meeting, while Trump allies including Argent
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