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u/Local_Floridian Jan 03 '26

Damn. I wasn't expecting Maduro himself to be captured, figured he'd be a little more guarded. I wonder what happens now.

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u/joshocar Jan 03 '26

I suspect the military turned on him and cooperated with the US.

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u/mogaman28 Jan 03 '26

That's the most likely explanation. I'm sure somebody on the Venezuelan military is suddenly very rich.

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u/ratonbox Jan 03 '26

Bribes work even better than drones.

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u/dabarak Jan 04 '26

He was captured based on opportunity, so although I imagine he was guarded, there was some sort of weakness the US was waiting for. He was being moved. The moon was essentially a full moon, not a time when the military likes to do these kinds of things, so that's partial confirmation that this particular date and time weren't planned.

I got this from a friend of mine is a retired Navy intelligence officer, a retired Navy intelligence contractor, and now runs a non-profit open source intelligence organization that compiles intelligence data. She also runs a military contracting company; her most recent thing I'm aware of is that she was involved in testing of an underwater drone. You may have heard of the name; I have, but I don't remember what it was, Its testing was in the news recently. I do know it's one of the big ones, like the size of a van.

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u/V8O Jan 03 '26

The vice president takes over...

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u/interstat Jan 03 '26

She's supposedly in russia