Venezuela says 100 were killed in US operation to capture Maduro: report

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AVenezuelan officialis claiming that 100 people were killed in the U.S.operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela’s interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, announced the figure late Wednesday, according to Reuters, which added that Venezuela’s army posted a list of 23 names of its dead.

Cuba’s official mouthpiecefor its ruling Communist Party also confirmed Tuesday that32 members of its armed forceswere killed during the U.S.military operation over the weekend.

“We are currently not aware of any civilian casualties,�“Every strike was precisely planned to achieve operational objectives and at no point were civilians intentionally targeted.”

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Venezuela military personnel stand next to coffins in Caracas

Military personnel stand by the coffins of soldiers allegedly killed in the U.S.capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Jan.7, 2026.(Ariana Cubillos/AP)

Cabello added that Maduro suffered a leg injury during the capture, whileMaduro’s wife, Cilia Flores,sustained a head injury, Reuters reported.

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has declared a week of mourning for the military members who died, it added.

com/politics/seven-us-service-members-injured-venezuela-raid-capture-maduro-official-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seven U.S.service memberswere injured in the operation.

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President Donald Trump shared a photo of Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after strikes on Venezuela, on Saturday, Jan.3, 2026.(Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump)

Five of those service members have already returned to duty, while two are still recovering.

“They are receiving excellent medical care and are well on their way to recovery,” the official said.“The fact that this extremely complex and grueling mission was successfully executed with so few injuries is a testament to the expertise of our joint warriors.”

On Saturday, U.S.service members landed in Caracas, Venezuela, during a secretive mission known as Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Maduro and his wife.The mission was led by the Army’selite special operations unit Delta Force.

The 32 military and police officers that Cuba says were killed were part of a mission carried out at the request of Venezuela’s government, according to a Cuban government statement.On Tuesday, Cuba released their names, ranks and ages.

Nicolás Maduro is escorted by heavily armed federal agents as they make their way to an armored car en route to a Manhattan federal courthouse on Jan.5, 2026, in New York City.(XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images)

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“Victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism perpetrated against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the United States, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat actions and after fierce resistance,” read a statement published by Granma, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

�s Morgan Phillips and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.