US military conducts attacks in Venezuela
The US military carried out strikes in Venezuela early Saturday morning, US officials confirmed to Pakinomist. Several explosions could be seen in the capital Caracas and in nearby areas. (CREDIT: Associated Press)
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The Milwaukee Brewers say they are unaware of the status of several players currently in Venezuela after the U.S. military raided the country and took President Nicolás Maduro into custody.
Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold revealed the team is currently unaware of the players’ status in a statement Saturday.
“We don’t have a lot of information right now, but we’re trying to follow up,” Arnold said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We know the airports have been closed, but not much beyond that.”
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Milwaukee Brewers celebrate a walk-off single by center fielder Jackson Chourio during the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 9, 2025. (Patrick Gorski/Imagn Images)
The team’s players currently in Venezuela include star shortstop Jackson Chourio, infielder Andruw Monasterio and catcher Jeferson Quero, according to the outlet.
The US military’s latest strike comes amid targeting of alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific.
Forces conducted a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela early Saturday morning and took Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife into custody, President Donald Trump confirmed.
The president wrote on Truth Social that the operation was successful and Maduro and his wife were “captured and flown out of the country.” Trump said the operation was conducted with US law enforcement.
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At least seven explosions could be heard in Venezuela’s capital Caracas early Saturday morning, according to The Associated Press, and low-flying planes were seen flying over Caracas around 2 a.m. local time. The helicopters seen flying over Caracas were part of the US Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the “Night Stalkers”.
The Venezuelan government said in a statement that “civil and military sites in the city of Caracas, the capital of the republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira” were affected by the attack.
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio (11) is seen before the fifth inning of an MLB game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays on August 31, 2025 at the Rogers Center in Toronto, ON. (Mathew Tsang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The statement also accused the United States of committing a “very serious military aggression” against Venezuela and carrying out “imperialist aggression.”
“The aim of this attack is nothing more than to seize Venezuela’s strategic resources, especially its oil and minerals, in an attempt to break the nation’s political independence by force,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement. “They will not succeed. After more than two hundred years of independence, the people and their legitimate government remain steadfast in the defense of sovereignty and the inalienable right to determine their own destiny.”
