{"id":2529913,"date":"2026-01-05T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-troops-bum-rushed-maduro-so-fast-during-capture-he-couldnt-even-make-it-to-the-safe-room\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:35:14","slug":"american-troops-bum-rushed-maduro-so-fast-during-capture-he-couldnt-even-make-it-to-the-safe-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-troops-bum-rushed-maduro-so-fast-during-capture-he-couldnt-even-make-it-to-the-safe-room\/","title":{"rendered":"American Troops &#8216;Bum Rushed&#8217; Maduro &#8216;So Fast&#8217; During Capture He Couldn&#8217;t Even Make it to the Safe Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-troops-bum-rushed-maduro-so-fast-during-capture-he-couldnt-even-make-it-to-the-safe-room%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader nicol\u00e1s Maduro in a tightly planned nighttime raid that he watched unfold from mar-a-Lago. Trump told reporters the operation had been delayed several days by bad weather and that Maduro was taken from a &#8220;fortress-like&#8221; house with steel doors and a safe room before he could reach it. U.S. officials, including Gen. Dan Caine,said Trump approved the mission late Friday and that &#8220;Operation Absolute Resolve&#8221; involved more than 150 aircraft launching from about 20 bases; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-brave-us-military-operatives-captured-nicolas-maduro\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s How Brave US Military Operatives Captured Nicol\u00e1s ...\">helicopters flew low<\/a> over water while drones,fighters and bombers suppressed Venezuela&#8217;s air defenses. Trump and officials described extensive rehearsals and even a full-scale replica of the targeted house; they said extraction forces moved quickly and encountered resistance during withdrawal. Media reports said at least some U.S. aircraft were damaged and about half a dozen Americans were injured but no U.S. service members were killed, while a New York Times-cited Venezuelan source estimated roughly 40 Venezuelan fatalities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ousted Venezuelan President Nicol&aacute;s Maduro lost his race for safety as America forces closed in, according to President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he watched events unfold from Mar-a-Lago, noting that U.S. forces had been stymied by weather when they wanted to nab Maduro earlier in the week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-reveals-venezuelas-maduro-captured-fortress-like-house-he-got-bum-rushed-so-fast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We waited four days. We were going to do&nbsp;this,&nbsp;four days ago, three days ago, two days ago. And then&nbsp;all&nbsp;of a sudden&nbsp;it&nbsp;opened&nbsp;up, and we said, &lsquo;go,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>American forces took Maduro from a &ldquo;very highly-guarded&rdquo; house at the time he was confronted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was in a house that was more like a fortress than a house. It had steel doors. It had what they call a safety space, where it&rsquo;s, you know, solid steel all around. He&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t&nbsp;get that space closed. He was trying to get into it, but he got bum rushed so fast that he&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t&nbsp;get into that,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were prepared. We had, you know, massive blowtorches and everything else that you need to get through that steel. But we&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t&nbsp;need it.&nbsp;He didn&rsquo;t&nbsp;make it to that area of the house,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the attack was planned to the smallest details.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything was&nbsp;pinpoint&hellip; everything they practiced. They&nbsp;actually built&nbsp;a house which was identical to the one they went into with all the safes, all the steel all over the place,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. official said members of the Army&rsquo;s Delta Force captured Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was trying to get into a safe place. The safe place is all steel, and he wasn&rsquo;t able to make it to the door because our guys were so fast,&rdquo; Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Trump signed off on the mission at 10:46 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Absolute Resolve, involved more than 150 aircraft that took off from 20 Western Hemisphere bases, Caine said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the night began, the helicopters took off with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/razin-caine-spills-details-on-maduro-capture-in-venezuela-attack\/\" title=\"\u2018Razin\u2019 Caine spills details on ... capture in Venezuela attack\">extraction force<\/a>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >included law enforcement officers<\/a>, and began their flight into Venezuela at 100 feet above the water,&rdquo; Caine said.<\/p>\n<p>Drones, fighters and bombers protected the helicopters by neutralizing Venezuela&rsquo;s air defense systems &ldquo;to ensure the safe passage of the helicopters into the target area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Caracas was blacked out &ldquo;due to a certain experience that we have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the force crossed the last point of high terrain where they&rsquo;d been hiding in the clutter, we assessed that we had maintained totally the element of surprise,&rdquo; Caine said.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopters were attacked as they reached their destination, Caine said.<\/p>\n<p>Caine said after taking Maduro captive, it was not an easy ride out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were multiple self-defense engagements as the force began to withdraw out of Venezuela,&rdquo; Caine said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/world-news\/how-us-forces-captured-venezuelas-maduro-in-extraordinary-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Post reported on U.S. aircraft was damaged and &ldquo;about half a dozen&rdquo; Americans were injured, but no U.S. service members were killed.<\/p>\n<p>A report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/01\/03\/world\/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela#venezuelans-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> quoted a Venezuelan source as estimating that 40 Venezuelans will killed in the raid that captured Maduro.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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