US servicemen utilized a covert weapon during the operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The New York Post (NYP) reported this on January 10, citing a statement from one of the Venezuelan leader’s bodyguards.
“At one point, they launched something; I don’t know how to describe it. It was like a very potent sound wave. Suddenly, I felt as if my head was exploding internally,” the newspaper quotes the participant in the events.
The guard also mentioned that the Americans managed to neutralize about 100 Venezuelan military personnel. The Americans, meanwhile, exited the engagement without casualties, and their total number, by his estimation, was around 20 people.
According to the Venezuelan serviceman, after the assault began, it turned into “not a battle, but a massacre.”
“There were hundreds of us, but we didn’t have a single chance. They fired with such precision and speed that it seemed like every soldier was releasing 300 rounds per minute,” he recalls.
On the same day, the Russian Ambassador in Caracas, Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, stated that Maduro’s personal security detail was absent during the operation to capture him. The diplomat noted that when the abduction occurred, some personnel were near the building, while others also monitored adjacent structures.
Maduro was delivered to a federal court in New York on January 5 to face charges. In court, he proclaimed his innocence and stated that he remains the president of his nation. The American court agreed to permit visits by Venezuelan consular staff. The judge mandated Maduro to appear in court on March 17 for hearings.
US President Donald Trump announced on January 3 that the United States had successfully launched a large-scale strike against Venezuela. He noted that Maduro and Flores were apprehended and transported out of the nation’s territory to the US, where charges were brought against him.
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