See aftermath of US raid on Venezuela to capture Maduro

Motorcyclists queue at a petrol station to get fuel in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 3, 2026, that US forces had captured Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in a dramatic climax to a months-long standoff between Trump and his Venezuelan arch-foe.

Jorge Cardona, along with his friend, looks for personal belongings through the rubble of a damaged building following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

A satellite image shows a closer view of destroyed vehicles and equipment at Fort Tiuna after the U.S. strikes, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026.

A car drives by at the Tienditas Bridge border between Venezuela and Colombia, after the U.S. struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, in Cucuta, Colombia on Jan. 4, 2026.

A destroyed missile interceptor vehicle is seen at La Carlota air base in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country. President Donald Trump said on January 3, 2026, that US forces had captured Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in a dramatic climax to a months-long standoff between Trump and his Venezuelan arch-foe.

Jesus Linares, 48, stands next to a local resident as he looks at his damaged apartment building, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

A woman walks past a mural depicting Venezuela's Liberator Simon Bolivar with the Venezuelan national flag and reading "Long live the motherland!" in Caracas on Jan. 4, 2026, a day after Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro was captured in a US strike. A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas on Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.

A man sits between street lanes, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

Windows of a residential building are cracked, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

A woman holds a fragment of a rocket, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

Jesus Linares, 48, stands at his damaged apartment, after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

People queue to buy gasoline at a gas station in Caracas, on Jan. 4, 2026, a day after Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro was captured in a US strike. A lingering smell of explosives hung over Venezuela's capital Caracas on Saturday as shocked residents took stock after an early-morning US strike that ousted strongman Nicolas Maduro.

Erika Utera, sister of transmission operator Carlos Bracho, hugs a family member by the rubble after a U.S. airstrike destroyed a TV and telephone tower that collapsed onto her home, killing a neighbor and injuring her daughter in the same attack, according to Bracho, in El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

People charge their phones, as several neighborhoods remain without electricity after the U.S. launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

Employees stand near rubble after a U.S. airstrike destroyed a TV and telephone tower that collapsed onto Carlos Bracho home, killing a neighbor and injuring her daughter in the same attack, according to Bracho, in El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela on Jan. 4, 2026.

Men carry furniture as they help clean a damaged apartment in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on Jan. 4, 2026, a day after Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro was captured in a US strike. Venezuela's military on Sunday recognized Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted president Nicolas Maduro, as the country's acting leader, after US forces extracted the former head of state to face trial.

Men carry furniture as they help clean a damaged apartment in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on Jan. 4, 2026, a day after Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro was captured in a US strike. Venezuela's military on Sunday recognized Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted president Nicolas Maduro, as the country's acting leader, after US forces extracted the former head of state to face trial.