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‘It sends a horrible signal’: US politicians react to capture of Nicolás Maduro | The Guardian
Source: The Guardian | 3 January 2026
Republicans cheer capture of Venezuelan leader, but Democrats say it ‘risks pulling our nation into another war’
Reaction to the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, by US forces on Saturday has been starkly polarized along political lines, with administration officials and Republicans celebrating the enforcement of a 2020 US narco-trafficking indictment against the Venezuelan president and Democrats decrying what they see as a violation of Venezuela’s right to self-determination.
