US airstrikes hit Venezuela – Maduro is ‘captured’ and charged
It was an audacious operation – setting a dangerous precedent and dispensing with America’s constitutional requirement to seek congressional approval for an act of war. With Nicolás Maduro and his wife shipped off to New York to face drug and weapons charges, Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado declared that the hour of freedom has arrived. But President Trump said she doesn’t command enough respect in the country, and the US will run Venezuela and its oil industry for now. The attack itself lasted less than 30 minutes.
According to Colombia’s President, US targets in Caracas included La Carlota air base, the main military base at Fuerte Tee-una, a private airport, and the National Assembly building.
