CIA Director John Ratcliffe Spearheads Operation to Capture Venezuelan President Maduro

John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, played a key role in the recent United States operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to TBS News, the mission, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, unfolded on Saturday, January 3, with more than 150 military aircraft involved, including F-35 and F-22 jets and B-1 bombers launched from 20 bases in the Western Hemisphere. Planning had been underway for months at the Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency, with elite troops from the Armys Delta Force rehearsing at a replica of Maduros safe house. TBS News reports that Ratcliffe formed a core team with senior aide Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, holding regular meetings with President Donald Trump. A small Central Intelligence Agency team was on the ground in Venezuela since August, providing insights into Maduros movements, aided by an asset close to him. Trump approved the operation four days prior, giving final go-ahead on Saturday morning from Mar-a-Lago while watching a live stream. The operation began with airstrikes on Venezuelan air defenses near Caracas, followed by special forces entering Maduros heavily guarded safe house in downtown Caracas around midday. Troops, including Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, breached steel doors, and Maduro along with his wife surrendered without reaching a safe room. No United States forces were killed, though some engagements occurred. By afternoon, Maduro was aboard the USS Iwo Jima, as Trump posted on Truth Social. Separately, CBS News New York notes Ratcliffe testified before the House Intelligence Committee alongside Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on global threats and a Yemen bombing incident where a journalist was added to a secure group message. The Wall Street Journal, as reported by AOL, indicates Trump has grown reliant on Ratcliffe for key advice over Gabbard. Ratcliffe also met Venezuelas interim President Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas on Thursday, per multiple AOL and Reuters accounts, discussing matters at Trumps direction just days after United States military actions there. Listeners, thank you for tuning in. Please subscribe for more updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.