India, Jan. 8 -- Amid the tensions caused by the US military's raid in Venezuela, Vice President JD Vance has stated that Washington did not 'kidnap' Nicolas Maduro, despite the Venezuelan president claiming so.

Speaking to FOX News on Wednesday, the vice president said that the US simply engaged in a law enforcement action. "We engaged in a law enforcement action. We had a legitimate indictment for Maduro for narco-terrorism, weapons smuggling and trafficking, and we went in with the best military in the world," said Vance, adding that the Venezuelan president has been offered due process based on the legal system in the US.

The Vice President further added that Maduro's capture was "not a kidnapping but a law enforcement operation." ...