Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Thirty-two Cubans were killed in the U.S. military operation in Venezuela on Saturday, according to Havana.
A late Sunday statement from the office of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez announced the death toll from Saturday's U.S. attack on Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of its authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro.
"Faithful to their responsibilities for security and defense, our compatriots fulfilled their duty with dignity and heroism and fell, after fierce resistance, in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombardment of facilities," Bermudez' office said.
The families of the deceased have been informed and were offered the "heartfelt condolences" of Army General Raul Castro Ruz, Cuba's former president.
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