00:01In Venezuela, the peace of the early hours on Saturday, January 3rd, 2026, was shattered by the world of U.S. aggression.
00:06The homes of hundreds of families ceased to be safe havens and became the target of a military operation.
00:12Eyewitness accounts reconstruct the chronicle of an attack that the people and the world would not forget.
00:17Our correspondent, Andrea Romero, has details.
00:19On the night of January 3rd, the bombing that shattered the silence in the Carlos Raúl Villanueva housing complex in Forte Tuna, the residential complex,
00:29located within Caracas military base, is now trying to process the events that took place.
00:34There was a helicopter positioned in this area towards the mountains, where we have the president's house and all our political team.
00:49He says that, yes, the helicopter was in this position, and when it moved, it scanned the house with a red light.
01:04Then it repositioned towards the mountains to continue firing.
01:12But the most difficult damage to repair is the one that remains in the memory of those who tried to bring calm in the midsummer.
01:19We didn't sleep, it felt like three days passed as if night never came, or maybe we didn't want night to come.
01:31What I do remember is that after the sounds of the bomb stopped, I called my mom and my other daughter, told them we were okay.
01:39And after that, I don't remember anything else.
01:42For Zamaga, it was her instinct to protect that drove her in total darkness.
01:51With the hair racing, her only priority was her son.
01:54I got up, went to turn on the light, but there was no power.
02:01Since he sleeps with me, I started waking him up.
02:04In that moment of desperation, I ran, put on my shoes, told him to put on his shoes, and we left.
02:10Honestly, my nerves wouldn't even let me open up.
02:13At one point, all I could do was hold him and say,
02:16Well, son, if they kill us, let them kill us together.
02:18I hugged him, but then a neighbor started shouting,
02:21Zamaga, get out.
02:23That's when we went downstairs.
02:30Amid the chaos, she immediately identified the source of attack.
02:34I heard it and I already knew it was the United States attacking us.
02:40Because of everything that had been said, all the threats from that man.
02:44But in that moment, I thought it was against everyone.
02:46I thought they were going to kill us all.
02:49I ran out, running with my son holding onto me,
02:51seeing the helicopters diagonally across from my building,
02:54and hearing the detonations.
02:56Now we know they were missiles aimed at a specific location.
02:59I ran praying to God, God protect me, protect my son, Lord.
03:04That's all I was asking as I ran.
03:07I ran so much that, amid the neighbor's desperation and confusion,
03:11a hole opened up and that's where I got out.
03:17That hole in the wall separating the house complex from the Baal-Koch highway,
03:21symbolized the violation of sovereignty after Jesus' peace.
03:24The little ones now hear the world with different ears.
03:30Any loud sound in the street becomes a reminder
03:32of their early morning of January 3rd.
03:36After that, I feel more or less affected,
03:41because every time I hear a fast motorcycle and it makes noise,
03:45I think it's a bomb or a missile.
03:46Or when I hear exhaust pipes,
03:49I think it's a gunshot.
03:50Or when a truck hits something,
03:52and it makes a noise like a manhole cover being struck,
03:55I think it's a bomb too.
04:00Oriana, for her part,
04:04recounts how just matters from her window
04:06lies the mountain that that night was the scene of the attack,
04:10causing direct damage to her home
04:11and threatening the lives of her children,
04:14leaving an open wound.
04:14I feel a little sad, yes.
04:18I feel a little sad because our children,
04:20our girls,
04:21our women,
04:22and families who are used to living in peace
04:24have been psychologically harmed.
04:28I feel sad because we don't deserve this.
04:31We don't deserve to be living like this.
04:35For the lady, a resident of Tower 30,
04:40the attack struck with the force of an earthquake,
04:42and immediately her absolute priority was her mother.
04:45We were finishing watching a chapter of the soap opera
04:50when the building started shaking terribly,
04:53like an earthquake.
04:54My mom went into shock.
04:55She thought, as I did,
04:56that it was an earthquake.
04:57I grabbed her and carried her because she has a heart condition,
05:03and I thought she might have a heart attack.
05:06I kept telling her,
05:07calm down, calm down.
05:11From her bedroom window,
05:12which wasn't far from us,
05:14I looked out and saw the smoke,
05:15and I knew they were bombing,
05:17that the country was being invaded.
05:18After the attack,
05:25464 people were reported affected.
05:27The residents continued their lives,
05:29balancing psychological care
05:31and moral reconstruction,
05:32demonstrating that the strength of these people
05:34lies in their ability to move forward together,
05:37claiming their sacred right
05:38to peace on their own land.
05:40From Caracas,
05:42in the camera of Jesus Romero,
05:44for Telesur,
05:45Andrea Romero.
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