Who’s in charge of Venezuela and what happens next?

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Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have since been charged with weapon and drug offences in New York.

Trump also promised US oil companies would move into the country and warned the US would stage a second attack if needed. Venezuela’s Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said the government was ready “to defend”, while the attack has prompted international criticism.

Here is what we know so far.

What do we know about the operation?

The US military stormed Maduro’s home at 02:01 local time (06:01 GMT). Trump said US forces were able to cut the power in the capital, Caracas, but it is unclear how they did this.

The US president said Maduro tried to enter a steel-fortified safe room and made it past the door, but was unable to close it.

Maduro was captured by the US army’s Delta Force, the military’s top counter-terrorism unit, after a CIA source in Venezuelan government helped the US track his location.

More than 150 aircraft were used to get the extraction team into the capital. Trump added that no US forces were killed and there were “few” injuries.

Maduro and his wife were taken on board the USS Iwo Jima and then a plane, which later landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York state. Continue reading…

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