Maduro captured by US Army’s elite Delta Force unit in daring dead-of-night helicopter swoop
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured by the US Army’s secret Delta Force unit in a daring raid on his high-security compound.
CBS News He reported that the ultra-elite Delta Force unit was behind the capture of Maduro and his wife Cilia in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The duo were kidnapped from Caracas by helicopter after their location was tracked by CIA spies after President Donald Trump gave the order to pick them up two days ago.
Maduro will now be tried in the United States on drug and arms trafficking charges.
More details are expected at a press conference Saturday morning at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Maduro’s top lieutenants have demanded ‘proof of life’ for their missing leader, saying they fear he may have been killed in the raid.
The country’s chief prosecutor, Tarek Saab, added that ‘innocents’ were ‘fatally injured’ during the US operation, but no further details were shared.
Delta Force, whose full title is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta, is one of the United States’ most elite military units.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia were captured by a US military unit in the early hours of Caracas; Maduro will now face drug and weapons charges in the US
Smoke rises from La Carlota Airport in Caracas, Venezuela, following a daring midnight mission by the US Army’s Delta Force to capture the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, on drug charges
Its members, whose identities remain secret, are assigned to carry out the most dangerous missions on behalf of the US Army.
Delta Force’s most famous operations include the October 2019 raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria, which resulted in his death.
Delta operators call themselves “The Unit” and are an elite counterterrorism unit.
The unit is known for dismantling serious terrorist networks and targets and works in collaboration with the CIA.
Operators have also been known to provide security to U.S. leaders while they travel to dangerous or war-affected areas, according to Military.com.
The Delta Force unit is reportedly organized into four Squadrons, or units, with each group consisting of three squadrons, according to Americanspecialops.com.
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