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U.S. Used Over 150 Aircraft In Operation To Capture Venezuela’s Maduro, Caine Says

U.S. Used Over 150 Aircraft In Operation To Capture Venezuela’s Maduro, Caine Says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and President Trump monitor Operation Absolute Resolve to apprehend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Photo: The White House.

The overnight U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro utilized over 150 aircraft, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said Saturday, including advanced fighters, bombers and drones. Caine added the platforms were launched from 20 bases “on land and sea across the Western Hemisphere” to provide cover for the U.S. military forces and law enforcement personnel tasked with apprehending Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning. “This was an audacious operation…

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