Operation Venezuela: Maduro Captured, Caracas Struck, and the U.S. Claims Temporary Control

The U.S. carried out a large-scale strike in Venezuela and claims it captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, moving them to U.S. custody for prosecution. This Pattern Nexus report consolidates verified details, Trump’s quoted statements, operational claims, legal fault lines, and the strategic oil-and-hemisphere implications.