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In the pre-dawn hours of January 3, 2026, American special operations and supporting forces executed a daring operation that ended with Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, taken into U.S. custody and flown to New York for federal prosecution. The mission, code-named Operation Absolute Resolve, unfolded quickly and with surgical precision—an unmistakable display that America still possesses the will and the capability to hold transnational criminals to account.
President Trump personally authorized the operation and publicly announced the capture, posting images and asserting that U.S. forces had removed a brutal kleptocrat who long trafficked and terrorized his own people. Conservatives who have watched two decades of weak, apologetic diplomacy cheered the decisive action as long overdue; leadership sometimes requires boldness, not endless hearings and press conferences.
This was not a political stunt — Maduro will face real charges in American courts, including long-standing narco-terrorism and drug-trafficking indictments that were never properly enforced while he abused power at home. Attorney General Pam Bondi and prosecutors fast-tracked filings so that Maduro and Flores could be arraigned on U.S. soil, where justice can finally catch up to a regime that exported violence northward.
The operational details read like the kind of planning only elite American forces can pull off: Delta Force operators and special aviation units supported by precise airpower and intelligence enabled a clean extraction. Watching trained patriots carry out a mission with minimal American casualties reminded the country what competent deterrence looks like, and why our special operators are rightly respected.
Yes, there is a human cost and a diplomatic fury from enemies of freedom — Cuba and other governments have condemned the strikes and reported personnel losses amid the chaos, and international bodies will howl about sovereignty. Make no mistake: those are expected words from regimes who enabled Maduro’s corruption and drug networks for years; accountability for a narco-dictator is not appeasement, it is the restoration of order.
Across the Gulf Coast and among Venezuelan exiles in America there were scenes of jubilation, because ordinary people who suffered under Maduro finally saw a sliver of justice. Conservatives must celebrate the courage of our troops while insisting the rule of law be scrupulously followed in the courts — victory without due process would be a self-inflicted wound.
This operation will be debated in classrooms, courtrooms, and at the United Nations, but patriotism demands we side with the men and women who risk their lives to remove traffickers and tyrants. Let the lawyers argue and the pundits pontificate; the immediate priority for conservatives is clear — support our warriors, see Maduro tried for his crimes, and ensure America’s return to strength in the hemisphere is lasting and principled.
