Posted on 01/03/2026 11:50:24 AM PST by Libloather
The U.S. military carried out a "large-scale strike" on Venezuela Saturday morning, capturing the nation's dictatorial leader, Nicolás Maduro, who will face sweeping criminal charges on U.S. soil, according to an unsealed indictment released by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Maduro, who was elected in 2013 and served as Hugo Chavez's vice president, is facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the U.S.
"It's just it was an amazing thing, the amazing job that these people did. There's nobody else could have done anything like it," Trump said of the operation.
The unsealed indictment focuses on how Maduro allegedly enriched himself and "political elites" by reportedly partnering with vicious gangs and drug cartels that have established syndicates across the Western Hemisphere, including in the U.S., such as New York. The indictment lists six individuals as defendants, including Maduro, his wife, his son and Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the leader of a vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.
The indictment alleges that Maduro "sits atop a corrupt, illegitimate government that, for decades, has leveraged government power to protect and promote illegal activity, including drug trafficking."
President Donald Trump has railed against drug cartels for spreading deadly narcotics such as fentanyl in U.S. communities, leading to hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths since 2000. Trump has directed his ire at gangs such as Tren de Aragua, which Trump designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization last year.
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Nothing screams commie goon like being Chaves's VP.
Dem politician covering for illegals and drug gangs in the US: “We have nothing to worry about as long as Maduro is in power and watching our backs for us.”
Aide: “Uh, did you see the news today?”
I want to hear about what involvement if any with USA voting machines to manufacture or flip votes? Also with Human trafficking and invasion hordes led by their criminal gangs? Aiding CCP and their fentanyl destruction of American military and working aged youth? Russia and Iran military assets being moved into place?
Also how much NGO USAID money laundering were they doing for politicians in the USA?
I read the news today, oh boy.
About a lucky man who made the grade
Yes.
Young NYC voters probably assume that songwriter was the Lennon they hear about from Mamdani’s Marxist-Leninist programs. Along with Groucho.
Biden’s accomplishments in 4 years.
1. Millions of illegal invaders into USA.
2. Tren de Arangua free to roam in USA.
3. Venezuelan narco-terrorist drug boats plied the seas.
Trump’s accomplishments in 11 months.
1. Almost zero illegal invaders into USA.
2. Tren de Arangua being rounded up.
3. Venezuelan narco-terrorist drug boats littering the seas.
All done without the need for any new immigration or criminal laws.
Revolution is the ultimate Anti- Commie song.
Yes. Too bad the wide eyed young people today have to re-learn:
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao,
You ain’t gonna make it with anyone, anyhow.
Before becoming Chavez’s VP Maduro was a bus driver. No lie!
One of the result of Trump’s today’s action.
There will be no problem to extradite TdA and other Venezuelan gangsters back to Venezuela.
Maduro for years refused to accept Venezuelan citizens deported from the USA.
Idiot Biden just accept it, and kept these gangsters here, even if they had deportation orders by judges!
I am sure, they can be now deported back home!
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