PARIS: The US military operation that led to the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday sparked alarm across the international community, with allies and foes of Washington and Caracas expressing disquiet. US President Donald Trump said Maduro and his wife would be taken to New York to face federal charges after military strikes and an operation which he described as looking like a “television show.” The Venezuelan government decried what it termed a “extremely serious military aggression” by Washington and declared a state of emergency.

Maduro and his wife were captured and removed from the country following the operation, Trump said in a statement on Truth Social.

The US president confirmed that the US military had launched a large-scale operation in Caracas and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been exfiltrated.