03.01.2026 - 12:14 [ ForeignPolicy.com ]

Trump Says U.S. Forces Have Captured Venezuela’s Maduro

The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro early Saturday morning after a series of strikes on the South American country, U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a social media post.

Trump said on Truth Social that Maduro and his wife had been “captured and flown out of the Country” after a “large scale strike” that was executed in “conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement.