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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Juan Pablo Arraez and Matias Delacroix

Behind the photo: How a woman running from US bombs in Venezuela captured the night's fear and chaos

APTOPIX Venezuela US - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

When explosions erupted by night in Venezuela’s balmy capital, 21-year-old Mariana Camargo dashed through the streets of eastern Caracas.

It was at 2:05 in the morning and, as explosions boomed in the background, Associated Press photographer Matías Delacroix was on the street snapping what would become one of the first images of the American military operation in Venezuela.

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