In a swift military operation on January 3, 2026, U.S. special forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York to face narco-terrorism charges. The raid utilized elite Delta Force teams and over 150 aircraft to neutralize Venezuelan air defenses and achieve total air dominance in just two and a half hours. Intelligence gathered over months, including data from a human source within the Venezuelan government, allowed the US to pinpoint Maduro’s exact location at the Fuerte Tiuna compound.
Date: January 4, 2026. Source: theguardian.com