U.S. Forces Kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Midnight Operation
U.S. Forces Kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Midnight Operation Trump said the U.S. would “run the country” and was prepared to launch a second wave of attacks on Venezuela. José Luis Granados Ceja Jan 3 ∙ Guest post The U.S. says it has carried out a direct military operation inside Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has been pushing for regime change in Venezuela , claimed the move was a “law enforcement action” tied to drug trafficking charges filed in New York. Drop Site News Latin America Desk head José Luis Granados Ceja spoke to Breaking Points to report on what is known so far, why the narco-trafficking pretext is flimsy, and how the operation fits a decades-long U.S. regime-change campaign against Venezuela. Read more reporting from José Luis Granados Ceja below. We have a commitment to ensuring that our journalism is not locked behind a paywall. But t...