Maduro never heard it coming: The youngest US soldier, 150 aircraft and war at 30,000 feet

Caracas slept as U.S. special operations forces, backed by roughly 150 aircraft, slipped through a narrow weather window and hit Nicolás Maduro’s presidential compound at 1:01 a.m. local time in a meticulously rehearsed January 3 raid that drew fire from the ground but ended within minutes as Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, surrendered and were flown out with no reported American casualties to face narco‑terrorism charges in a U.S. court. Military leaders say “Operation Absolute Resolve” followed months of intelligence work mapping Maduro’s daily routine. Watch for all the details.