On the night of January 3, 2026, the United States military carried out a mission that many experts are calling the most daring "decapitation strike" in history. In a matter of hours, elite soldiers entered the most protected military base in Venezuela, captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and extracted them before the local army even knew what had happened.
1. The Intelligence Setup: The "China Phone" Trap
The mission was not a lucky guess; it was the result of five months of deep intelligence gathering.
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Signal Tracking: Maduro believed his high-tech Chinese encrypted phone made him invisible to the CIA. In reality, U.S. signals intelligence used a "backdoor" in the hardware to track his exact heartbeat and location inside the Fuerte Tiuna military complex.
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The High-Level Spy: A senior general within Maduro’s inner circle—likely motivated by a secret U.S. bounty—provided the final "green light" confirmation that Maduro was in his residence and that his elite Cuban bodyguards were on a shift change.
2. The SEAD Campaign: Turning Off the Lights
Before the commandos touched the ground, a massive force of 150 aircraft performed a "Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses" (SEAD) mission.
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Total Blackout: U.S. Cyber Command launched a "Logic Bomb" that killed the power grid across Caracas. Simultaneously, F-35 stealth jets used high-speed anti-radiation missiles to destroy every radar and S-300 missile site in the city.
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The "Invisible" Flight: Special operations helicopters flew at nearly wave-level across the Caribbean to avoid detection, arriving at the capital just as the city went dark.
3. Delta Force: The Breach at Fuerte Tiuna
The actual capture was handled by the Army’s Delta Force, known for their speed and precision.
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The Steel Door: Maduro fled to a reinforced "safe room" made of four-inch thick steel. The Delta team used specialized thermal cutting tools that sliced through the door hinges in under a minute.
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The Capture: Trump later reported that Maduro "tried to lock the door but wasn't fast enough." He and his wife were handcuffed and moved to a waiting Black Hawk helicopter within six minutes of the initial breach.
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The Firefight: While the U.S. took no fatalities, roughly 75 Venezuelan and Cuban soldiers were killed during the frantic defense of the compound.
4. The Political and Oil Aftermath
By January 5, 2026, Maduro was in a New York courtroom facing charges of narco-terrorism and corruption.
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New Management: Vice President Delcy RodrĂguez was named acting president, but the "Real Power" is currently with the U.S. State Department.
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The Oil Prize: The real reason for the mission is becoming clear. U.S. energy companies are already moving in to "stabilize" the Venezuelan oil industry, which holds the world's largest crude reserves (300 billion barrels). The goal is to lower global oil prices by putting Venezuelan production back under Western control.
The 2026 reality is simple: The U.S. used a "Main Character" strategy to remove a leader who stood in the way of their energy goals. They treated a sovereign nation like a crime scene, and in the end, the "Real Power" shifted back to Washington.
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