CARACAS: Venezuelans on Saturday scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the US military captured President Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman who had outlasted a botched coup attempt, several army mutinies, mass protests and economic sanctions in the vast nation of 29 million. “What will happen tomorrow?” asked Juan Pablo Petrone, a resident of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas. As fear gripped the city, streets quickly emptied save for long lines snaking from supermarkets and gas stations.

The United States mounted a 'large-scale strike' in Venezuela early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the...

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.