00:00Over 150 U.S. warplanes smash Caracas targets. Satellite images reveal the damage after just
00:0728 minutes. After 2 a.m. on January 3, 2026, explosions and low-flying U.S. helicopters
00:15hit Caracas as power flickered out. In under 30 minutes, President Nicolas Maduro and Celia
00:21Flores were removed. Claims that 150-plus U.S. aircraft flattened neighborhoods spread fast,
00:27but satellite images and reports show a narrower targeted operation, not a citywide bombardment.
00:34Claims that before and after satellite images showed huge swaths of Caracas flattened by 150-plus
00:41U.S. aircraft are misleading. No major outlet or monitoring group has verified widespread
00:47residential destruction. Instead, analysts found damage at a few military sites, mainly the Fuerte
00:53Tiuna complex, destroyed buildings, burned vehicles, and infrastructure, without evidence
00:59that entire neighborhoods were leveled. U.S. officials confirmed Operation Absolute Resolve
01:05ran from 2.01 to 2.29 a.m. on January 3, 2026, authorized at 11.46 p.m. Eastern Time. The goal
01:15was capturing Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores. Over 150 U.S. aircraft supported the mission,
01:22though only some dropped munitions. Strikes hit military targets like Fuerte Tiuna, La Carlota
01:28Air Base, Jigarod Airport, Port Laguaira, and comms towers, aiming to disable defenses, not damage the city.
01:36As the raid began, parts of Caracas went dark from U.S. cyber and electronic warfare, which Trump said
01:43deliberately cut power. Deaths totaled 40 to 80, including 32 Cuban troops.
01:49Delta Force seized Maduro at Fuerte Tiuna at 2.01 a.m. and exited by 2.29. Maduro and Celia Flores were
01:57taken to the USS Iwo Jima, then New York, where he was arraigned on January 5, 2026.
02:04Delcy Rodriguez became interim president as Venezuela declared a state of emergency.
02:09U.S. planners spent months preparing the raid, tracking Maduro by human intel, surveillance drones
02:15and cyber tools, and rehearsing on a full-scale mock-up of Fuerte Tiuna to limit harm. Misleading
02:23AI videos circulated after the attack, but fact-checkers debunked them. The strike has sparked legal and
02:29diplomatic debate, with experts saying it violated the U.N. charter's ban on force without authorization.
02:35In Washington, lawmakers seek answers on legal authority and oversight, while Caracas faces
02:41uncertainty after Maduro's removal. Verified facts show a major U.S. operation with 150-plus
02:48aircraft, targeted strikes, power disruptions, and Maduro's capture, but no evidence that entire
02:54neighborhoods were destroyed.
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