"The action marked the culmination of an escalating Trump administration pressure campaign on the South American country that consisted of months of strikes on boats officials said were smuggling drugs to the U.S. Behind the scenes, U.S. officials tracked Maduro's behavioral habits, including what he ate and where he slept, in preparing to execute an operation that resulted in one of the more stunning regime changes in modern history."
"The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and would tap Venezuelan's vast oil reserves to sell "large amounts" to other countries."
""We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump said at a Mar-a-Lago news conference where he boasted that this "extremely successful operation should serve as warning to anyone who would threaten American sovereignty or endanger American lives.""
The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out in an early-morning military operation that removed a sitting leader. U.S. officials conducted months of pressure including strikes on boats alleged to be smuggling drugs and surveillance of Maduro's habits to plan the operation. Maduro and his wife were seized from their home on a military base and placed aboard a U.S. warship bound for New York to face criminal charges tied to a Justice Department indictment alleging a role in a narco-terrorism conspiracy. President Trump said the U.S. would run Venezuela temporarily and intended to tap Venezuelan's oil reserves, while Venezuelan state TV continued pro-Maduro broadcasts and supporters protested in Caracas.
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