An eyewitness account from inside Venezuela's January raid to capture President Nicolás Maduro claims United States forces deployed a previously unseen weapon that left defending soldiers bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood. The testimony circulated widely after the White House press secretary reposted the account on X.
The raid, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, took place on Jan. 3, 2026 and involved US military strikes across Caracas that resulted in Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, being captured and flown to New York to face narcoterrorism and trafficking charges. Eyewitnesses and Venezuelan officials reported that dozens of Venezuelan security personnel and allied Cuban troops were killed during the raid, and seven US servicemembers were injured.
