Raid Months in the Making Captured Venezuela’s Maduro in Just Hours, US Says

US commandos took less than three hours to bring an end to Nicolás Maduro’s rule after the Venezuelan strongman spent years holding out against rising pressure from the US.

More than 150 US aircraft swept into the country after the US neutralized Venezuela’s air defenses, with an Army Delta Force unit delivered to the military base where Maduro was spending the night. They broke through the steel doors and grabbed him and his wife, before the couple was able to get to a safe room, spiriting them out on a helicopter to a warship en route for trial in New York.