00:00Venezuelan immigrants in Iowa are reacting to their president's capture.
00:04KCRT TV9's Lacey Reeves spoke to a woman in Iowa City
00:06who says she's concerned for her family who still lives in the country.
00:11Ruby Casares immigrated to the U.S. from Venezuela in 2022.
00:15She says she lived in fear under President Nicolas Maduro.
00:19They cannot do if you say something.
00:21Maybe kill you if you express your opinion and against to the government.
00:28KCRT TV9 says she had mixed feelings about the capture of her home country's president.
00:33I feel satisfaction, satisfaction, because I saw one criminal,
00:40the U.S. take one criminal, and he won't be there anymore.
00:45But she adds she's unsure about what's next for Venezuela
00:49now that President Trump says the U.S. plans to temporarily run the country.
00:53He feels like he is the owner of the country, you know.
00:59They take off one dictator, but now we have another different dictator.
01:05It's like different kind of dictatorship.
01:10While Casares thinks there is a drug problem in her home country,
01:14she believes that's not the only reason the Trump administration ordered Maduro's capture.
01:19The narcotraffic problem is the excuse that he has.
01:25Ultimately, Casares says she's most concerned for her family that still lives in Venezuela.
01:30They are in the house, just stay some food and be in the house,
01:37no working, no school, nothing, because they are scared.
01:41In Iowa City, Lacey Reeves, KCRG TV9.
