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Bold Delta Force raid leads to capture and arrest of Maduro

Trump says JSOC's Operation Absolute Resolve will allow the United States to "run" Venezuela.

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Jack Murphy
Jan 03, 2026
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Imagery of MH-60 and MH-47 helicopters over Caracas, Venezuela. (Posted by users on X)

A bold nighttime raid in Caracas executed by Delta Force and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment with an air package overhead totaling more than 150 aircraft captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores last night. The mission, called Operation Absolute Resolve, was not a typical JSOC capture/kill raid but rather was designed to serve an arrest warrant based on a Department of Justice indictment against Maduro and his regime. In this sense, the Delta operators were escorts to federal law enforcement officers.

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