{"id":109954,"date":"2026-01-04T00:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109954\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:37:12","slug":"corpus-christis-venezuelan-community-celebrates-capture-of-president-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109954\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi&#8217;s Venezuelan community celebrates capture of President Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Members of Corpus Christi&#8217;s Venezuelan community took to Brewster Street Icehouse to celebrate the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/world\/venezuelas-government-accuses-us-of-attacking-civilian-military-installations-in-multiple-states\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The United States conducted a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/politics\/congress\/democrats-slam-trump-for-not-notifying-congress-before-maduro-raid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201clarge-scale strike\u201d <\/a>early Saturday in Venezuela and captured Maduro, and his wife out of the country. The two arrived in New York where they are both facing charges Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Corpus Christi&#8217;s Venezuelan community celebrates capture of President Maduro<\/p>\n<p>Across the globe, Venezuelans have celebrated the move by U.S. armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;s a very, very special day,&#8221; Jesus Gomez told KRIS 6 News. &#8220;We&#8217;re very happy, we&#8217;re very optimistic that this is just gonna be the beginning of the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gomez continued, &#8220;He&#8217;s (Maduro) one of the big leaders in the Venezuelan structure of criminal activities. We are expecting that the American population will help the Venezuelan people to get the freedom that we deserve after all 25 years of painful experience with this group of criminals leading the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767487031_7_.png\" alt=\"VENEZUELAN CELEBRATION - 1 (1).png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adam Beam<\/p>\n<p>        Members of Corpus Christi&#8217;s Venezuelan community celebrate the capture of President Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump had <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/world\/south-america\/timeline-from-boat-strikes-to-caracas-raid-how-u-s-forces-captured-maduro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory<\/a> after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him from power.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the operation, President Trump said that the U.S. would &#8220;run the country&#8221; until there is a proper transition.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767487032_482_.png\" alt=\"VENEZUELAN CELEBRATION - 1 (2).png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adam Beam<\/p>\n<p>        Members of Corpus Christi&#8217;s Venezuelan community celebrate the capture of President Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious because that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re all about,&#8221; President Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, President Trump said U.S. oil companies will have a presence in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest local news updates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>, or download the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/about-us\/kris-6-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News App. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KRIS6News\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News stories and more on our YouTube page<\/a>. 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