{"id":385484,"date":"2026-01-03T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/385484\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:15:11","slug":"live-updates-trump-says-venezuela-president-maduro-captured-and-flown-out-of-country-after-us-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/385484\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump says Venezuela president Maduro captured and flown out of country after US strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2253844824.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"A burnt vehicle is seen at La Carlota air base in Caracas, Venezuela, after US forces launched a large scale strike on Saturday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7l7lc00023d5t0inbgqqj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US operation in Venezuela appears to have been carried out with \u201cimpressive speed,\u201d likely with the involvement of special operations forces, according to a munitions and intelligence specialist.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7nz7i00083d5twc32l1ek@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            N.R. Jenzen-Jones, director of the research company Armament Research Services, told CNN Saturday that the operation \u201cappears at first blush to have been carried out with impressive speed and precision.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-quote_block-quote__text  vossi-pull-quote_block-quote__text inline-placeholder\" data-editable=\"text\">\n                    \u201cThe mix of visible aircraft, the known presence of certain US vessels, and the nature and volume of the reported strikes in the imagery circulating online immediately suggested that a raid using special operations forces (SOF) was underway,\u201d he said.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7o4ql000a3d5tp6nogt3o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn addition to at least a dozen helicopters, the operation will have been supported by a robust air package comprising both fixed and rotary wing assets, including specialist aircraft,\u201d Jenzen-Jones said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7o7qo000b3d5tj1uvch02@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The operation would have required a large amount of planning, but so far, the \u201cnumber and nature\u201d of the strikes reported suggests a \u201climited target set.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7o9n3000c3d5tpyie6llj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For its part, Venezuela has \u201crobust air defence systems and locally distributed military, paramilitary, and law enforcement forces\u201d in Caracas, Jenzen-Jones said, meaning that a raid such as this should have been \u201cdifficult to conduct with the speed and precision exhibited here.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy7oc0l000d3d5tmt6petsg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn practice, corruption, poor training, lack of maintenance, and other factors significantly reduce this threat,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US operation in Venezuela appears to have been carried out with \u201cimpressive speed,\u201d likely with the involvement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-385484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}