{"id":386133,"date":"2026-01-03T21:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/386133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:05:13","slug":"statement-from-congressman-nick-langworthy-on-the-united-states-capture-of-venezuelan-narco-terrorist-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/386133\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Congressman Nick Langworthy on the United States\u2019 Capture of Venezuelan Narco Terrorist Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Office of Congressman Langworthy, <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly this morning, American servicemembers carried out a decisive operation with far-reaching implications for our hemisphere. The capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro marks an important step toward dismantling the narco-terror networks that have fueled violence, corruption, and the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaduro is not merely an authoritarian figure\u2014he is a murderous criminal\u00a0who has overseen the repression, imprisonment, and killing of his own people. On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice formally indicted him on charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption. Today, those charges are met with real accountability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis outcome is the result of decisive action by President Trump, who has made clear that the United States will confront criminal regimes that threaten our security and destabilize our region. This is what peace through strength looks like\u2014clear resolve backed by action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message to dictators, terrorists, and transnational criminal organizations is unmistakable: there is no safe harbor for those who seek to harm the United States or the American people. Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was never a legitimate leader\u2014he was the head of a criminal cartel masquerading as a government. History shows that when narco-states threaten regional stability and American security, the United States has acted before. President George H. W. Bush\u2019s decision to remove Manuel Noriega\u00a0established that criminal regimes will not be tolerated. Today\u2019s action follows that same principle\u2014accountability, the rule of law, and the defense of peace through strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Maduro now facing justice, the Venezuelan people have a real opportunity to move toward a more stable, democratic future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nylandquest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/landquestholiday-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78236\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499330655957162;width:646px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the Office of Congressman Langworthy, \u201cEarly this morning, American servicemembers carried out a decisive operation with far-reaching&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-386133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386133","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=386133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}