Nicolas Maduro and his wife are expected to face federal charges related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations.

Tourists visiting have been stranded after the FAA closed airspace over the Caribbean in response to the U.S. military operation that saw Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro, and his wife Cilia Flores captured and sent to the United States.

Since the Cold War, the United States has conducted over half a dozen military interventions in Latin America.

New imagery obtained by Business Insider shows widespread damage at a military complex in the southern part of Caracas.

The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela that day,

The United States' military operation on Jan. 3 in Venezuela is of interest to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living here, especially Florida.

President Trump’s administration oversaw US military strikes in seven countries across the world in 2025, pursuing a Ronald Reagan-inspired agenda of “peace through strength” with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the helm.

The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country in a stunning military operation that plucked a sitting leader from office following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation.