President Trump announced Saturday morning that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying that the US had flown Maduro to a military ship off the country’s coast and will be taking him to New York.

The capture of Maduro was part of a military operation that included “large scale strikes” on Venezuela, Trump said.

It comes after months of escalating rhetoric and action from the US against Venezuela and speculation about US military action against the Venezuelan government. Since the fall, the US has been striking alleged drug boats. On December 30, the US government announced that the CIA had

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