Overview
- A State Department readout said Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno about the Jan. 3 targeted operation and thanked Argentina for cooperation against narcoterrorism.
- President Donald Trump confirmed U.S. strikes in Venezuela and announced the seizure and removal of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
- Maduro and his spouse were taken to the United States, are held in a Brooklyn detention facility, and appeared Jan. 5 before the Southern District of New York on drug-trafficking allegations they deny.
- Venezuelan officials said the United States hit civilian and military targets in Caracas and a state of emergency was declared.
- Trump said the United States would assume interim governance of Venezuela and voiced confidence Washington would secure compensation for U.S. oil companies.