India, Jan. 4 -- The United States carried out an overnight military operation in Venezuela and captured the country's long-serving president, Nicolas Maduro, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday.

Trump said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, would be transported to New York to face indictments on alleged drug trafficking, weapons, and conspiracy charges.

The US president also released what he described as the first image of Maduro following his capture. He claimed it was taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima as Maduro was being taken to New York City.

Speaking at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump praised the operation as an unprecedented demonstration of American military power.

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