U.S. warplanes roared over Caracas before dawn.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, the most feared man in Venezuela was in handcuffs.<\/p>\n
In a single night, years of covert pressure, secret indictments, and military buildup exploded into open action.<\/p>\n
In a meticulously coordinated assault, U.S. special operations forces struck key military targets in<\/p>\n
Caracas, clearing the way for a ground team to breach the presidential inner circle.<\/p>\n
Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Cilia Flores were seized, rushed to an extraction point, and flown out of Venezuela under heavy guard.<\/p>\n
Hours later, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a sweeping indictment in the S<\/p>\n
outhern District of New York, accusing the former strongman of narco\u2011terrorism, cocaine importation, and weapons conspiracies reaching back decades.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say Maduro helped lead the Cartel de los Soles, weaponizing Venezuela\u2019s state apparatus to flood the United States with cocaine in partnership with FARC.<\/p>\n
Flores now faces matching charges, signaling that Washington intends to dismantle the regime\u2019s inner core, not just its figurehead.<\/p>\n
With an arraignment imminent, the man who once ruled by decree now confronts the prospect of living out his days under the cold lights of an American courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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