2026 United States strikes in Venezuela

When

3 Jan 2026

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

32

Coordinates

10.32° N, 66.81° W

Description

January 2026 extraterritorial capture of the president of Venezuela by the government of the United States

Injured

7

Cause

Donroe Doctrine

Placed at the middle of the 4 places Wikidata lists.

Airstrikes and capture of Nicolás Maduro

On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike in Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve, began around 2 a.m. local time, when explosions were observed.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The United States launches several airstrikes on multiple locations across northern Venezuela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, Venezuela'nın başkenti Karakas'ın kuzeyinde yer alan birden fazla noktaya yönelik çeşitli hava saldırıları düzenledi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Vereinigten Staaten führen einen großangelegten Angriff auf Venezuela durch, nehmen den Präsidenten des Landes, Nicolás Maduro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “au Venezuela, capture de Nicolás Maduro par les États-Unis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “военная операция США в Венесуэле, в результате которого президент Николас Мадуро и его жена задержаны американскими властями”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Venezuela, el Ejército de los Estados Unidos lleva a cabo durante la madrugada un bombardeo en Caracas que concluye con la captura de Nicolás Maduro y Cilia…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نزاع فنزويلا والولايات المتحدة والعملية العسكرية الأمريكية في فنزويلا 2026”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美国军队袭击委内瑞拉并俘获委內瑞拉總統尼古拉斯·馬杜羅及其妻子西莉亚·弗洛雷斯。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page