Buenos Aires, 3 January 2026 (dpa/MIA) - Venezuelan soldiers and civilians were killed in US airstrikes that targeted several locations in the country, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump earlier confirmed that the US had carried out the airstrikes on Venezuelan territory, and said that President Nicolás Maduro had been "captured."

According to media reports, the US airstrikes were mainly directed against military bases, airfields, communication facilities and ports.

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X that it was a "new dawn" for Venezuela, and that Maduro would "face justice for his crimes."

Rodríguez demanded that the US "immediately" provide a sign of life from the detained head of state. "We don't know where President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores are," Rodríguez said.

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