Franco Ordonez

was already taking quite unprecedented action but this is quite a new development.

I mean, for U.S.

special forces to go into another country's capital and capture the sitting leader, take him out and bring him to the United States, that's really quite staggering.

Of course, as we just heard, the Venezuelan government is denouncing the strikes, and it's just bringing back such memories of the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega by the George H.W.

Bush administration more than 30 years ago.

Well, the president said the military operation was carried out in conjunction with U.S.

law enforcement and that more details would be shared later at his 11 a.m.

news conference, which he'll have at his Mar-a-Lago resort, his home.

The White House has not responded to queries about where Maduro and his wife are being flown to.

But Trump did call the strikes a brilliant operation in a brief interview with The New York Times.

Senator Mike Lee actually said he spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told him that Maduro would stand trial on criminal charges in the U.S.

and that the, quote, kinetic action that we saw tonight was deployed to actually protect those executing the arrest warrant.

Lee also said that Rubio told him, and he posted this on social media, that he did not anticipate further action in Venezuela now that Maduro is in U.S.

custody.

Well, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on a variety of charges, including narco-terrorism.

And he was actually, Maduro that is, was indicted first six years ago, accused of narco-terrorism and weapons trafficking.

And last summer, the Trump administration doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro's capture to $50 million.

Wow.

Yeah, for sure.

I mean, for many people in Venezuela, this is going to be a moment to celebrate.