US President Donald Trump announced that the American military carried out strikes against Venezuela, confirming that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and taken out of the country.

In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform, Trump said: “The United States carried out successful strikes against Venezuela and its president Nicolás Maduro, who was arrested along with his wife and taken out of the country.”

Trump added that the operation was conducted in coordination with US law enforcement agencies, noting that further details would be released later, without providing immediate information on the circumstances of the arrest or the nature of the strikes.