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US bombs Caracas, Maduro captured: Trump

This combination of pictures created on December 21, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) speaking during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025, and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) speaking during the Meeting of Jurists in Defense of International Law at the Eurobuilding Hotel in Caracas on November 14, 2025. [AFP]

President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump said on Truth Social, around two hours after explosions rocked Venezuela's capital Caracas.

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