early Saturday morning, U.S. Special Forces captured Venezuela's president, Nicholas Maduro,

along with his wife, in a surprise military operation.

After months of buildup at 201 a.m. local time today in Caracas, Venezuela, U.S. Delta forces slipped into the home

of dictator Nicholas Maduro. U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Maduro

had been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country. This comes after weeks

of the U.S. ramping up pressure on the government of President Nicholas Maduro,

including seizing two oil tankers and conducting deadly military strikes on alleged drugboat smugglers.

The Trump administration has given several justifications for its actions against Maduro.

Now, Maduro is facing charges for drug and gun offenses.

For many years after his term as president of Venezuela, expired Maduro,

remained in power and waged a ceaseless campaign of violence, terror, and subversion

against the United States of America.

Through a translator in a New York court today,

Maduro declared his innocence and said he is still the president of Venezuela.

His wife also pleaded not guilty.

But Trump said there was also another motivation for all this.

Oil. Here he is yesterday motivation for all this. Oil.

Here he is yesterday on Air Force One.

Total access.

We need total access.

We need access to the oil and to other things.

Ultimately, he said something that wasn't done.

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