President Trump said that United States personnel captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who were flown out of the country as the U.S. military carried out “large scale” strike inside the nation in the early morning hours on Saturday, an operation that came after a monthslong standoff between the two leaders. | WAVY TV 10

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Monday defended the U.S. military’s arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, characterizing it as a law enforcement action rather than a military occupation. “As Secretary Rubio has said, there is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country,” Mr. Waltz said during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council. “This was a law enforcement operation in furtherance of lawful indictments that have existed for de