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On Saturday, U.S. military forces carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. President Trump said he was being taken to New York to face drug and weapons charges.
Several Latin American leaders responded with anger, while European leaders were more cautious. President Trump’s audacious raid drew support, too.
Mr. Maduro has “multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,” the vice president said.
Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action.
In Doral, Fla., where about 40 percent of people are of Venezuelan origin, music blared in celebration early on Saturday.
The spy agency also used stealth drones to monitor the whereabouts of the Venezuelan leader.
A U.S. pressure campaign has been building for years, through a series of indictments, sanctions and, recently, military actions.
In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.
In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.
Russia requested this week that the United States end its pursuit of the vessel, which was intercepted in the Caribbean on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela.