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How the US captured Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro
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January 3, 2026
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2:21Now PlayingIt was an operation that seemed to have caught the international community - and Venezuelans - off guard.
Early on Saturday morning, the capital Caracas was shaken by the sound of explosions.
It soon emerged that elite US soldiers had raided the residence of Nicolas Maduro, taking him and his wife into custody.
Sky's international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn looks at what we know.
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