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Venezuela's defense minister says the country is taking action to guarantee its

sovereignty, and Fierrechaundalise Duster has more.

Venezuelan defense minister Vladimir Padreino Lopez says the country's armed forces

have been activated to,

in his words, guarantee sovereignty. He also says both citizens and a large part of Maduro's security

team were killed during the United States military operation. The Venezuelan government says

military targets in several states were hit by U.S. strikes. NPR has reached out to the State Department

for comment but has not received a response. President Trump has said some U.S. service members were

injured during the operation, but there were no deaths. He also said the U.S. was prepared with a second

wave of troops that was ultimately not needed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. does not currently have forces on the ground.

Shandalees Duster, NPR News.

And Maduro and his wife are set to be arraigned in Manhattan tomorrow on multiple felony charges.

Trump's decision to oust Maduro came after he pardoned other high-level drug traffickers.

NPR's Brian Mann has more. Trump has accused Maduro of leading a pardoned other high-level drug traffickers, and peers Brian Mann has more.

Trump has accused Maduro of leading a campaign of deadly narco-terrorism against the United States

and its citizens. But Jeffrey Singer, a drug policy expert at the Libertarian think tank,

the Cato Institute, says Trump has pardoned or freed other major drug traffickers.

If this is what's motivating him, if it's

stopping drug trafficking, then why is he pardoning the Honduran president who was convicted

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