By Capt Joseph R. John on February 10th, 2026
On January 3, 2026, Operation Absolute Resolve was initiated. It was a surprise raid and flawlessly executed Law Enforcement Operation on Nicolas Maduro Moro’s compound at Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela. The operation was initiated to facilitate the FBI’s arrest of Nicolas Madura Moros and his wife, Cilia Flores, on federal drug and weapons charges. Maduro was a wanted international narco-terrorist with a price on his head. He and his wife were extracted by helicopter from Caracas in an operation that took two hours and twenty-eight minutes. Maduro and his wife were whisked to US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and then flown to New York City, USA where federal drug and weapons charges were filed against them in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York City.
Operation Absolute Resolve included the elite Delta Force’s 1st Special Forces Operation Detachment supported by over 150 U.S. aircraft and the largest US Naval Armada in the Caribbean in decades including the Ford Carrier Strike Group with the most advanced aircraft carrier in the US Navy including the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) with US Navy units consisting of the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81)…
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