Venezuelan citizens experienced terror when they heard loud explosions in the early morning of Saturday, 3 January 2026. Most people were in panic as they started to realise the city of Caracas and other places were under attack and airstrikes from the US army were ongoing.
Moments later, news about their president and his wife being captured by American special forces was reported. Donald Trump also confirmed their operation to arrest Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, was successful. The fear from the attack was immediately replaced by joy as Venezuelans poured into the streets to celebrate the end of Maduro's decade-long authoritarian rule.
