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The Trump administration launched a major military attack on Venezuela, bombing facilities and capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife
The Trump administration launched a major military attack on Venezuela, bombing facilities and capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will temporarily “run” Venezuela and work to tap the country’s massive oil reserves. He didn’t provide more detail about how the U.S. would control Venezuela, saying a group of officials would be named to oversee it.
The ousted Venezuelan president arrived in New York on Saturday afternoon and will appear in court on Monday. He and his wife are charged in the U.S. with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses. Maduro is expected to be held in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
Add NBC News to GoogleMarco Rubio says Maduro’s capture ‘not a war against Venezuela’18:12Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News’ “Meet the Press that the goal of the U.S. military operation that led to Maduro’s capture was primarily to halt drug trafficking into the U.S. and that holding elections in Venezuela would be “premature at this point.”
Rubio said that “there’s not a war” between the U.S. and Venezuela. “I mean, we are at war against drug trafficking organizations, not a war against Venezuela,” he added.
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