Soldiers and armored vehicles were seen in Venezuela\u2019s capital amid reports of a coup attempt<\/p>\n
Heavy gunfire was reported outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Monday, just days after President Nicolas Maduro was abducted during a US Special Forces raid.
\nVideos posted on social media show armed soldiers and armored vehicles outside government buildings.
\nThere are also reports of explosions and the activation of air-defense guns. Citing its sources in Venezuela,\u00a0AFP said \u201cthe situation is under control.\u201d
\nAFP\u2019s sources added that security forces opened fire in response to unidentified drones flying over Miraflores.<\/p>\n
BREAKING: Scenes from Miraflores, Caracas, Venezuela: Armed conflict in the streets is underway. pic.twitter.com\/Kv6yhKLTD5\u2014 World Source News (@Worldsource24) January 6, 2026 <\/p>\n
Gunfire reported in the vicinity of the Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. pic.twitter.com\/AtTvJinHbW\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) January 6, 2026 <\/p>\n
Troops were mobilized after US commandos captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on Saturday and transported them to New York, where both were indicted on drug-trafficking charges. Maduro\u2019s close ally, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, has been appointed interim president. She condemned the US operation as an \u201cimperialist attack.\u201d
\nMaduro denied all charges when he was brought before a US judge on Monday, describing himself as \u201ca prisoner of war.\u201d\u00a0Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said the US had launched \u201ca colonial war\u201d to pillage Venezuela\u2019s natural resources. \u201cToday, it was Venezuela. Tomorrow, it can be any other country that decides to exercise its sovereignty,\u201d he added.
\nMoscow and Beijing have also condemned the US raid, with Russian UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia calling it \u201cinternational banditry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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