Washington ¨C The U.S. struck Venezuela overnight and captured long-serving President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said early Saturday after months of pressuring him over accusations of drug-running and illegitimacy in power.
Washington has not made such a direct intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama in 1989 to depose military leader Manuel Noriega, over similar allegations.
¡°The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along ?with his wife, captured and flown out of the country,¡± Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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