In Venezuela, the peace of the early hours on Saturday, January 3, 2026, was shattered by the roar of U.S. aggression. The homes of hundreds of families ceased to be safe havens and became the target of a military operation. Eyewitness accounts, reconstruct the chronicle of an attack that the people and the world will not forget. Our correspondent Andrea Romero has the details. teleSUR
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,
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