Good morning. I'm Ayesha Rosco, and you're listening to a special episode of our Sunday programming.

We're bringing you the latest on the extraordinary developments from Venezuela.

President Nicholas Maduro is now in New York City after being captured by the U.S.

Stay with us.

The U.S. operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro took the world by surprise.

It happened in the dead of night by U.S. troops.

We'll tell you how it all went down.

And now President Trump says the U.S. is in charge.

So we are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.

But what does U.S. leadership in Venezuela look like?

Stay with us. We have the news you need. In just a few hours, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Saturday,

and the leader is now in the United States facing criminal charges in New York City.

To bring us up to speed, we're joined by NPR's Ada Peralta in Mexico City.

Welcome to the show.

Hey, Aisha.

So first, can you remind us, like, how did this U.S. military operation play out?

Yeah, as U.S. officials describe it, CIA officers were

already in Venezuela for months before this operation. And this Saturday, the U.S. deployed more

than 150 aircraft. They struck radar, air defenses, and military bases in Venezuela. And then

special ops teams swooped into Maduro's compound. The U.S. said it suffered no casualties.

Venezuela and authorities say that some military and government officials were killed during the attacks.

So Maduro is in the U.S. now.

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