According to the BBC News, below are the summary of happening in Venezuela.
” The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and launched a “large-scale” strike against the country, Donald Trump says
”Attorney General Pam Bondi says he has been indicted in New York on drugs and weapons charges and will “face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts”
‘ ‘US Secretary of State Marco Rubio anticipates no further action against Venezuela, according to a Republican senator
”Venezuela has declared a national emergency, denouncing “extremely serious military aggression”
“My heart was pumping and legs were shaking,” an eyewitness in Caracas tells the BBC – footage shows huge plumes of smoke rising over the city
‘ It follows weeks of heightened tension as Trump ramped up pressure on Maduro – how did we get here?
Trump says he watched Maduro capture ‘like a TV show’
‘We’re going to have to look at’ supporting Machado to lead Venezuela – Trump
Asked if he will support opposition leader Maria Corina Machado – who is currently in Norway – to take over Venezuela, Trump tells Fox News “we’re going to have to look at it right now”.
“They [Venezuela] have a vice president, as you know,” he says. “I don’t know what kind of an election that was, but, you know, the election of Maduro was a disgrace.”
Maduro’s capture “sends a signal we’re not going to be we’re not going to be pushed around anymore”, Trump also says.
He alleges the US is losing hundreds of thousands of people a year to drugs, adding “we’re not going to allow it anymore with this”.
We’re going to have to look at’ supporting Machado to lead Venezuela – Trump
Asked if he will support opposition leader Maria Corina Machado – who is currently in Norway – to take over Venezuela, Trump tells Fox News “we’re going to have to look at it right now”.
“They [Venezuela] have a vice president, as you know,” he says. “I don’t know what kind of an election that was, but, you know, the election of Maduro was a disgrace.”
Maduro’s capture “sends a signal we’re not going to be we’re not going to be pushed around anymore”, Trump also says.
He alleges the US is losing hundreds of thousands of people a year to drugs, adding “we’re not going to allow it anymore with this”.
Maduro and wife heading to New York, says Trump
President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pictured in Caracas in September 2025
Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife are travelling to New York after being captured by the US, Donald Trump tells Fox News.
The US president adds the pair have been indicted in New York, and will travel to the state via helicopter and ship.
“They killed a lot of people and a lot of American people, even people in their own country,” Trump says.
Maduro was captured from location ‘more like a fortress than a house’ – Trump
“We were going to do this four days ago but the weather was not perfect,” Trump tells Fox News.
“The weather has to be perfect… all of a sudden it opened up and we said go,” he says.
He adds that, when they captured Maduro, he was “in a house that was more like a fortress than a house” with “solid steel all around”.
Reiterating that he doesn’t think any US soldiers were killed, Trump adds “a couple of guys were hit but they came back and they’re supposed to be in pretty good shape”.
Trump says he told Maduro to ‘surrender’ a week before attack.
More from US President Donald Trump, who is speaking to Fox News.
Trump says that the US is going to be “strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry moving forward.
He adds that he spoke to Maduro “a week ago” and that he told him “you have to give up, you have to surrender”.
“We had to do something much more surgical, much more powerful”, Trump says.
Trump says ‘few injuries but no deaths on our side’
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Donald Trump is speaking on Fox News right now.
The US president says there were “a few injuries but no deaths on our side” during the strikes on Venezuela.
We’ll bring you more on what he has to say in the next few moments.
Maduro’s capture shows ‘Trump means what he says’ – US vice president
JD Vance
Image source,Reuters
We’ve just heard from US Vice President JD Vance.
He says in a post on X: “The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States.
“Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says. Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.”
Apprehension on the streets of Caracas
Nicole Kolster
Reporting from Caracas
A highway with only one car on it in caracas
Image source,Reuters
In Caracas, there is apprehension in the streets. People barely speak out, but there are queues in pharmacies and supermarkets.
WhatsApp groups are bursting with messages and videos, while people in the streets of Eastern Caracas are mostly silent.
“Do you know what happened?” a woman asks me in a low voice outside a plaza. She went out to get medicine for her nerves but found the 24-hour pharmacy closed.
“Please don’t record me,” she asks. A strong smell, reminding me of tear gas – so familiar from the famous protests of 2017 – seeps through my window.
I’m in a high-rise building, in the eastern part of the capital, Caracas. My mother notices it too.
Earlier, on the balconies of nearby buildings, there was an outburst of euphoria minutes after a message began circulating on social media from President Donald Trump announcing the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
But the shouts lasted only seconds.
A supermarket that also operates 24-hours kept its shutters down for most of the morning, with a line of people waiting for it to open.
