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Photos of Caracas the day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

Jan 4, 2026, 7:20 AM | Updated: Jan 5, 2026, 6:58 am

Jesus Linares, right, removes a painting of independence hero Simon Bolivar at his home, which he s...

Jesus Linares, right, removes a painting of independence hero Simon Bolivar at his home, which he says was hit during U.S. military operations to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, a day after President Nicolas Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation.

Maduro was taken to the U.S., arriving late Saturday afternoon at a small airport in New York following the operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in the capital, Caracas.

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