{"id":96203,"date":"2026-01-03T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=96203"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:53:17","slug":"us-captured-venezuelan-president-maduro-wife-in-large-scale-strike-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/us-captured-venezuelan-president-maduro-wife-in-large-scale-strike-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US captured Venezuelan President Maduro, wife in &#8216;large-scale strike&#8217;: Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an operation carried out on Saturday, according to US President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/pakistan-is-the-winner-and-india-is-clearly-the-loser-in-trumps-new-foreign-policy\/\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his X post, the US president said that &#8221; 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow. There will be a News Conference today at 11 A.M. at Mar-a-Lago. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nHDqtsqRFh\">pic.twitter.com\/nHDqtsqRFh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2007382016321364308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the US military carried out attacks on various locations, including the Venezuelan capital.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions have occurred in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and low-flying aircraft have been seen in various areas of the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to US media, US President Donald Trump has ordered attacks in Venezuela, and at least 7 explosions have occurred in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.<\/p>\n<p>According to US media, a US official told the news agency that the US is carrying out military attacks against Venezuela.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: Major secondary explosions after U.S. airstrike near Higuerote Airport, Miranda, Venezuela. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JezFG9qxLz\">pic.twitter.com\/JezFG9qxLz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2007346301193908671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan government has confirmed that the attacks took place in the states of Caracas, Miranda, Aragua and La Guerra. These US attacks aim to seize Venezuela&#8217;s oil and minerals.<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan government has responded to the attacks by saying that the US will not succeed in obtaining our resources, and we reject US military aggression.<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan president has declared a state of emergency in the country after the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Russian media is claiming that the US attacks have targeted Venezuela&#8217;s defense headquarters and that the Venezuelan president has left the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>Russian media says that there have been unconfirmed reports of US Marines launching ground operations on several islands in Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an operation carried out on Saturday, according to US President Donald Trump. In his X post, the US president said that &#8221; The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":96204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,3],"tags":[33459,121,33460,33458],"class_list":["post-96203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-large-scale-strike","tag-trump","tag-venezuela","tag-venezuelan-president-maduro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96208,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96203\/revisions\/96208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}