Americans are torn over the aggressive U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, early polling suggests.

Now begins what could be a lengthy legal process of pretrial motions, potential plea negotiations and possibly a jury trial of the authoritarian leader who ruled Venezuela for more than a decade.

Trump administration officials told lawmakers on Monday that then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were injured after hitting their heads as they were fleeing US forces trying to arrest them,

An old tweet by former President Joe Biden has put focus on his administration's positions on Venezuela and it's now-deposed leader, Nicolas Maduro.

María Corina Machado said Nicolás Maduro's former vice president Delcy Rodríguez was "one of the main architects" of his oppressive regime in Venezuela.

On Jan. 3, hours after the U.S. captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, a photograph circulated showing Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima wearing a Nike tracksuit. This image moved quickly across global media and was shared, commented on, memed, and folded into the familiar rhythms of contemporary visual culture .

The raid was a triumph of the rule of law, a vindication for countless American victims of Maduro’s transnatioal criminal network, and a stunning reassertion of that most venerable of American foreign policy pinciples: umitigated primacy in America's own hemisphere.

Washington — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and weapons charges, days after they were captured by U.S. military forces in a stunning overnight operation and brought to New York City for prosecution.