January 4, 2026

Maduro raid that began with small spy team grew to include planes, ships, top U.S. commandos

The daring U.S. mission to capture Nicolas Maduro took root months ago with the insertion into Caracas of a team of CIA operatives and culminated in the early morning hours of Saturday with a surgical strike on the Venezuelan capital that involved hundreds of aircraft, ships and elite U.S. soldiers who stormed the dictator's heavily guarded safehouse to take him and his wife into custody.

Maduro raid that began with small spy team grew to include planes, ships, top U.S. commandos

TL;DR

  • The U.S. mission to capture Nicolas Maduro was planned months in advance.
  • CIA operatives were inserted into Caracas.
  • The operation concluded on Saturday morning with a strike on the Venezuelan capital.
  • The strike involved hundreds of aircraft, ships, and elite U.S. soldiers.
  • Maduro and his wife were taken into custody from his safehouse.

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