Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrived in the US to face criminal charges after being captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that President Donald Trump said would set the US up to ‘run’ the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that American forces have captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, declaring that the United States would assume control of the country “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.”
Multiple explosions were heard across Venezuela’s capital early Saturday, with plumes of smoke rising over parts of the city and power outages reported in several neighbourhoods, according to local residents and international media.
