US President Donald Trump shared on his social media account the first photograph of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima on Saturday, Jan. 3, Anadolu reports.
Earlier, Venezuela’s government said the US of attacked civilian and military installations in multiple states, and declared a national emergency.
Trump confirmed the strike on his social media platform Truth Social, saying Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been captured and flown out of the country.
He later told Fox News that his forces did an “incredible job” and he watched the operation “in real time.” Asked about the next steps on Venezuela, he said the US will be “very much” involved in the process.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife have been indicted in New York. The two have been charged with “Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States,” she said on X.
“They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”
READ: Trump administration’s military strikes on Venezuela ‘illegal,’ say US Democratic lawmakers
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