{"id":198,"date":"2026-01-03T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socializenews.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:20:01","slug":"video-shows-venezuelas-night-sky-engulfed-in-flames-after-us-strikes-capture-of-dictator-nicolas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socializenews.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Video shows Venezuela\u2019s night sky engulfed in flames after US strikes, capture of dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venezuela\u2019s night sky was engulfed in flames Saturday as the\u00a0US launched large-scale strikes\u00a0on the country\u2019s capital city and\u00a0captured defiant dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n

Video shows plumes of smoke soaring over Caracas as explosions blast off the ground.<\/p>\n

Gunfire can also be heard in the clip, which was captured around 2 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n

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At least seven blasts in the Venezuelan capital sent people flooding the streets in panic, with the attack lasting nearly 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Photos show a fire tearing through Fuerte (Fort) Tiuna, Venezuela\u2019s largest military complex located in Caracas, after an explosion.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties<\/p>\n

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by a US Army Delta Force team in what President Trump described as a \u201cbrilliant\u201d attack.<\/p>\n

The pair were\u00a0extradited to the US, where they\u00a0have since been indicted\u00a0on a litany of charges, including Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Possess Machine guns and Destructive Devices against the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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