The United States military carried out Trump administration orders to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to face criminal charges for weapons offenses and narcotrafficking.
Maduro, leader of the criminal drug-trafficking organization Cartel of the Suns, had long been accused of running a narco-terrorism operation in coordination with FARC and other armed groups, and of violently repressing dissent in Venezuela, according to the U.S. State Department.
The operation has garnered divisive reactions, with some celebrating Maduro’s removal from power while others believe it was a dangerous overreach of power by the Trump administration.
For much of its history, the U.S. has engaged in various efforts to influence or change the regimes of other nations, either through invasion, multinational intervention or covert backing of factions.
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