Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The United States early Saturday morning staged a daring "large strike against Venezuela," during which the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured and flown out of the country.
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Maduro and Maduro's wife had been captured, with the New York Times reporting that they were flown by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima and that both will eventually face charges in the Southern District of New York.
"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," Trump said in the Truth Social post, which the White House reposted on X. "This operation was done in conjunction with U.S law enforcement."
Trump said that a news conference will be held at 11 a.m. EST from Mar-a-Lago, his golf club in Florida.
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