Trump releases photo of Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima
President Trump on Saturday posted a photo of toppled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after a Delta Force unit captured him and his wife.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” Trump announced on Truth Social.
“This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement,” President Trump announced early Saturday morning.
Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores and others were indicted with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges.
Dramatic footage of the military strikes on Venezuela were posted to X late Friday evening and into Saturday morning.
Footage showing a massive explosion earlier at Higuerote Airport in the State of Miranda, Northern Venezuela, with the secondary explosions and fire suggesting a strike against a surface-to-air missile launcher with the Venezuelan Air Force. pic.twitter.com/VlSRMMdgE1
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 3, 2026
President Trump also posted footage of the military operation.
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According to Fox News, Delta Force captured Maduro and his wife.
“The source tells me that the CIA had a small team clandestinely on the ground beginning in August that was able to provide “extraordinary insight” into Maduro’s pattern of life “that made grabbing him seamless,”” Fox News reporter Brooke Singman said.
A source familiar tells me that the CIA produced the intelligence that enabled Delta Force’s capture of Maduro.
The source tells me that the CIA had a small team clandestinely on the ground beginning in August that was able to provide “extraordinary insight” into Maduro’s…
— Brooke Singman (@BrookeSingman) January 3, 2026
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Gateway Pundit.com]