Brewers don’t know status of Venezuelan players after US captures Maduro
US military launched an attack in Venezuela
US officials confirmed to Fox News that the US military carried out an attack in Venezuela early Saturday morning. Many explosions can be seen in the capital Caracas and nearby areas. (CREDIT: Associated Press)
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The Milwaukee Brewers said they were unaware of the situation of many players in Venezuela after the U.S. military launched an attack on the country and detained President Nicolás Maduro.
Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said Saturday that the team was unaware of the players’ conditions.
“We don’t have a lot of information right now, but we’re trying to keep track,” Arnold said. Milwaukee Magazine Sentinel. “We know airports are closed, but not much beyond that.”
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Milwaukee Brewers celebrate a walk-off single by center fielder Jackson Chourio during the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 9, 2025 at American Family Field in Milwaukee. (Patrick Gorski/Imagn Images)
According to the report, the team’s players in Venezuela include star outfielder Jackson Chourio, infielder Andruw Monasterio and catcher Jefferson Quero.
The latest attack by the US military comes after alleged targeting. drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
President Donald Trump confirmed that forces carried out a “large-scale attack” in Venezuela early Saturday morning and detained Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife.
The president wrote to Truth Social that the operation was successful and that Maduro and his wife were “captured and sent out of the country.” Trump said the operation was being carried out with US law enforcement.
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According to the Associated Press, at least seven explosions were heard in the Venezuelan capital Caracas early Saturday morning, and low-flying planes were seen flying over Caracas around 2 a.m. local time. The helicopters flying over Caracas belonged to the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the “Night Stalkers.”
The Venezuelan government said in a statement that “the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the civil and military areas of the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira” were damaged by the attack.
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio before the fifth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Center in Toronto on August 31, 2025. (Mathew Tsang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The statement also accused the United States of carrying out a “very serious military attack” against Venezuela and carrying out an “imperialist attack”.
The Venezuelan Government said in a statement: “The purpose of this attack is nothing more than to seize Venezuela’s strategic resources, especially its oil and minerals, and to attempt to break the country’s political independence by force.” he said. “They will not succeed. After more than two centuries of independence, the people and their legitimate Government remain determined to defend sovereignty and the inalienable right to self-determination.”
Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz and Lucas Y. Tomlinson contributed to this report.
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