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Air Strikes in Caracas
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Yeah it's obvious that the US effectively controls the airspace and is operating over Caracas with impunity.
Also, Iranian leaders are kinda looking over their shoulders at the moment.
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State Department has a warrant for his arrest, so we can expect he will stand trial, like Noriega did.
Article: NAME: Nicolás Maduro Moros
ALIASES: N/A
DOB: November 23, 1962
POB: Caracas, Venezuela
NATIONALITY: Venezuelan
CITIZENSHIP: Venezuelan
HEIGHT: 6'3"
WEIGHT: Unknown
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown
SCARS, TATTOOS, OR MARKS: Unknown
Nicolás Maduro Moros became president of Venezuela following Hugo Chavez's death in 2013 and declared victory in a presidential election in 2018. In 2019, the National Assembly of Venezuela invoked the Venezuelan constitution and declared that Maduro had usurped power and was not the president of Venezuela. Since 2019, more than 50 countries, including the United States, have refused to recognize Maduro as Venezuela's head of state.
In the July 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, Maduro again declared himself the victor despite evidence to the contrary. The United States joined many other countries in refusing to recognize Maduro as the legitimately elected president in the 2024 contested election.
Maduro helped manage and ultimately lead the Cartel of the Suns, a Venezuelan drug-trafficking organization comprised of high-ranking Venezuelan officials. As he gained power in Venezuela, Maduro participated in a corrupt and violent narco-terrorism conspiracy with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Maduro negotiated multi-ton shipments of FARC-produced cocaine; directed the Cartel of the Suns to provide military-grade weapons to the FARC; coordinated with narcotics traffickers in Honduras and other countries to facilitate large-scale drug trafficking; and solicited assistance from FARC leadership in training an unsanctioned militia group that functioned, in essence, as an armed forces unit for the Cartel of the Suns.
In March 2020, Maduro was charged in the Southern District of New York for narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
After initially offering a reward offer of up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Maduro in 2020, the Department of State on January 10, 2025, increased the reward offer to up to $25 million. On August 7, 2025, the Department announced the further increase in the reward offer to up to $50 million after the Department of Treasury sanctioned Cartel of the Suns as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on July 25, 2025. As leader of Cartel of the Suns, Maduro is the first target in the history of the Narcotics Rewards Program with a reward offer exceeding $25 million.
If you have information, please contact the DEA by email at CartelSolesTips@usdoj.gov.
ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards.
Kittehkraken
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It appears the Venezuelan Military offered little if any resistance. The helicopters were taking zero fire in the videos.
Chances are Maduro got betrayed and the back door was left open.
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Revolutionary
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Captured in less than 3 hours
calico
Member
The art of the deal.
Unknown Soldier
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Lmao. This is some straight up South Park shit. We have kidnapped the leader of a sovereign country. Everyone rejoice!!Donald trump says they've captured maduro and his wife.
This isn't some covert coup engineered by the cia either. This is our president posting on a social media platform.
Madness!
Sebastian1295
Member
This was 100% an inside job considering how fast everything happened and how the venezuelan military seemed to do fuck all to protect him and his wife. They'll never admit to that obviously but I truly believe that this was all planned out from people inside venezuelas government/military in cooperation with the u.s.
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Kittehkraken
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The helicopters taking zero ground fire is a dead giveaway the military was standing down.
Gp1
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Someone call Kat Bigelow for Zero Dark thirty five.
Or Clearer, present and even more Dangerous.
Cyberpunkd
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Because they know if they shot down US Army craft they will get hundreds of missiles dropped on them in retaliation.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
They might be a bunch of undisciplined cowboys, but they sure as shit get the job done.
Cyberpunkd
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rm082e
Gold Member
Delta guys have no hesitation on writing books. They just had trouble getting any publishers interested after Neptune Spear.
Sebastian1295
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Posting this cause I got a chuckle out of it.
Nicolás Maduro activates his anti-aircraft artillery in defense of Venezuela.
Nicolás Maduro activates his anti-aircraft artillery in defense of Venezuela.
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calico
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Sybrix
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Gonzito
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Biggest problem with this: the rest of the power structure is still in place. So it's not really "freedom" if you care about the actual people of Venezuela.
I assume someone gave up this guy, but it doesn't look like much will change in practice. If anything, things might get worse.
Thus those who are celebrating this are either doing so prematurely or just want to cheer on anything that looks like a win, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED style.
I do give my respects to the soldiers, because they are true professionals and did what they were told to do. Whether it's legal or not, that will be another debate.
I assume someone gave up this guy, but it doesn't look like much will change in practice. If anything, things might get worse.
Thus those who are celebrating this are either doing so prematurely or just want to cheer on anything that looks like a win, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED style.
I do give my respects to the soldiers, because they are true professionals and did what they were told to do. Whether it's legal or not, that will be another debate.
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Sadly, I think we will have to wait and see...since a regime that loses its current figurehead can still survive, if nothing else changes.
It would be like if the U.S. had captured Saddam Hussein and done absolutely nothing else other than bomb a couple of places in Iraq.
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ChuckeRearmed
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Yep. The US will no doubt install Maria Corina Machado as the new leader of Venezuela. She's got all the credentials: in the west she's the best known Venezuelan opposition leader, she just won a Nobel peace prize but far more importantly, she promised to sell out her country's resources for a US supported regime change. Those oil revenues will now benefit the 1% and not the people of Venezuela.
Warspite
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This might be the worst case here, what's the point if he is not going to be charged for the crimes on his warrant and live peacefully into retirement?
We will need to wait and see once all the dust has settle, too much going on right now but dictators arnt know for sharing power, I wonder if there is going to be power struggle afterwards.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I guess he paid for a gold card.
Is the Venezuelan military, despite its proven failure to defend against an attack from the U.S., going to just let her come in? I mean ,that would be nice...yet sounds rather naive.
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Cyberpunkd
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China just got one extra argument today to invade Taiwan.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Yeah. The international rule order is breaking down before our eyes.
SuperC
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And Russia
Warspite
Member
I've seen this a few times now but I think crossing the straights to Taiwan with no experience of such an invasion, plus all the military weapons sent to Taiwan and an American President that has shown to no issues with getting involved might put them off.
For as much as China would like to invade Taiwan, they also have a lot more to lose in such an adventure right now (I know, famous last words there)
You're correct, although being a powerful country has always been a cheat code that breaks international law. That's not exactly new, but it is disappointing in a way. This is just making it more blatant.
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Go_Ly_Dow
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China has never followed it.
Neither has Russia.
Now the US is just catching up to remain competitive.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
Impressive AF TBF considering the absolute shit show the Russian orcs made of their attempt to capture Kiev
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
The UN Security Council members have always done whatever the heck they wanted. The UN is just all pantomime.
Various countries have tried to reform the UN Security Council for precisely that reason, but of course...it's not what the permanent members want, so those proposals go nowhere.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
The Taiwanese army is a lot more modern than the Venezuelan, a sea invasion is lot more risky, you lose a landing shop you lose hundreds possibly thousands of troops and tanks now multiply that across hundreds of ships getting slammed with anti ship missiles, if you don't take out all the missiles you run the risk of insane casualties, it'll be a crazy first few days of overwhelming Taiwan's defense that's for sure
Critical Hit
Member
Or he has a deal with Trump.
Nobody gives a fuck about dictators. Perhaps only Europeans will express concern.
Lukaku's First Touch
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Yes mister bone spurs is almost an elite navy seal.
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