Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was abducted by US special forces. He is to stand trial before a federal court in New York on charges of 'narcoterrorism conspiracy.' Donald Trump has announced that the US plans to 'run' Venezuela up until a 'proper transition' and to exploit its oil reserves.

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.