US captures Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in early morning raid | ABC NEWS

The US has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during an early morning raid, which saw US military strike targets within the capital Caracas and several other states. US President Donald Trump said Mr Maduro was taken by special operations forces and whisked by helicopters to the Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship in the Caribbean, ahead of his transfer to New York. The US president says his country "will run" Venezuela for the forseeable future but was vague on details on how exactly that would happen. Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson, ABC News Channel. Social version by David Douglas Stuart for the ABC News Social Media Team. ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC NEWS on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC NEWS on X (Twitter):   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia