This was the operation to capture and remove Maduro from Venezuela in which 200 soldiers participated and 150 aircraft were used

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The CIA once had a source within the Venezuelan government who monitored the movements of Ripe days before the operation, according to The New York Times. Not only that, There were stealthy drones that secretly flew over the Chavista.

Once the operation was carried out, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Cainehe even said about Ripe that America knew “where he lived, where he traveled, what he ate, what he wore… his pets.”

This is what is known about what the operation called Absolute Resolution:

This was Operation Absolute Resolution

With Maduro located in a fortified residence in the Fort Tiunathe largest military complex in Venezuela settled in Caracasat 10:46 on Friday night the president donald trump gave the order for an elite commando of the Delta Force go for Maduro to extract it.

“Good luck and may God be with you”said trump to the group of national security officials who had met with him at his luxurious private club in Mar-a-Lagoin Florida.

The military action began at 2 am local time, when US forces attacked several towns in Venezuelaincluding Caracas, to neutralize the anti-aircraft defenses and thus the helicopters of the Delta Forcewhich were also moving at that time, could move freely to reach your goal.

Some 150 aircraft, including planes (F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters, B-1 bombers), helicopters and drones, participated in the operation.. They all set off from around 20 different locations both on land and at sea.

The Pentagon also revealed that Almost 200 soldiers entered Caracas as part of the operation.

The offensive focused on key military installations such as the air base of La Carlotahe Fort Tiuna and positions in states like Miranda, La Guaira and Aragua.

The action combined cyber attacks and electronic warfare that contributed to disabling anti-aircraft defense systems and Venezuelan communications. According to the White House, even They managed to turn off most of the lights Caracas to maintain the surprise.

The helicopters of the Delta Forcewhich initially flew over the sea at 30 meters above the water, descended on the complex where it was located Ripe. All the while they received real-time information from colleagues on the ground and in the air as they approached the target.

The commandos were heavily armed and even carried blowtorches in case they had to breach the security doors of Maduro’s refuge.

Once on land, There was a confrontation that ended in the death of 32 Cuban agents that were part of the closest security ring of Ripe.

The Chavista leader and his wife attempted to flee to a steel-reinforced safe room, but were detained before they could arrive.

The United States forces suffered no casualties. Only One helicopter was hit but was able to return without further damage.

The location where Maduro was has been described as an underground bunker reinforced with solid steel walls designed to resist external attacks.

It had a network of secret tunnels that connected the residence with strategic points inside and outside the military fort, facilitating possible escapes or discreet movements.

The security of Ripe It was organized in concentric rings. The external checkpoints were in charge of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), while the internal ones, closer to the bunker, were under the direct control of Cuban security agents.

The perimeter of the site had advanced monitoring systems, encrypted communications and anti-aircraft defenses in the surrounding areas such as Cerro El Hatillo and La Guaira.

Being inside Fort Tiunathe residence was protected by thousands of army troops and heavy weapons.

However, none of this prevented the success of the American operation.

At 4:21 a.m., Trump informed the world, via Truth Social, that Maduro had been captured and taken out of Venezuela. Hours later he shared a photo of the Chavista handcuffed aboard the USS Iwo Jima.

After being arrested, Maduro and Cilia Flores were initially transferred to the amphibious ship USS Iwo Jima and from there taken to US territory.

The same Saturday they arrived at New Yorkwhere the president faces federal charges for narcoterrorism and drug trafficking conspiracy in the Federal Court of the Southern District.

It is now known that American special forces had practiced in a replica of the “fortress” of Ripe.

It is also known that the operation was going to take place four days earlier, but was canceled due to bad weather.

An operation that exposed the incapacity of the Venezuelan Armed Forces

The analyst on defense and intelligence issues Andrés Gómez de la Torre told El Comercio that the operation Absolute Resolution was a hybrid operatingdesigned based on previous experiences of international interventions carried out by the United States.

As he explained, the action combined elements of operations such as “Urgent Fury” in Granada, “Just Cause” in Panama, “Neptune’s Spear” in Pakistanand the selective attack against the Iranian general Qassem Soleimaniintegrating conventional capabilities, use of drones, special forces and advanced intelligence.

Gómez de la Torre pointed out that the operation was not structured in multiple phases, but in two central variables. The first, of character punitivewas oriented towards neutralization of critical military assetsespecially strategic infrastructure of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces. In this area, they carried out strategic and surgical bombings against Russian-made air defense systems, radars of Chinese origin and other military capabilities with Iranian support.

The second variable was parallel and distractingbased on an intervention special forces helibornewhich ended up dealing—according to the analyst—a decisive blow to the institutionality, functionality and operability of the Venezuelan Armed Forces. “The FANB has been deeply hit and its inability to offer even a minimal response was exposed,” he stated.

According to your evaluation, there was no effective military reaction on the part of Venezueladespite the high defense spending carried out during the last two decades. That capacity was neutralized within a period of approximately three hoursleaving the country without conventional military response infrastructure.

The specialist described the operation as successfulwhich—in his opinion—explains the president’s emboldened tone trump after the operation. Gómez de la Torre highlighted the joint efficiency of the Delta Forcethe helicopter groups, the Southern Command and the different forces, supported by robust intelligence work.

He explained that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for military objectives, NSA in signals and communications intelligence, the Image Intelligence Agency for conventional operations, and the INCkey in the extractive phase, supported by both electronic intelligence and internal human sources.

Finally, Gómez de la Torre warned that the operation marks a change in American power doctrinealigned with what he called the doctrine of “peace through force”, but also with the explicit threat of use of forcea concept that strains international law. In that context, he pointed out that Trump is sending direct messages to countries like Mexico and Colombiaand Cuba appears as a strategic side effect, in what he described as a broader regional geopolitical reconfiguration.