India, Jan. 4 -- The United States, in a swift-yet-controversial military action, captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flew them out of the country after a series of airstrikes. US President Donald Trump, in a briefing soon after, said that the Venezuelan leader and his wife have been flown to the US and that the Washington would run the country until a political transition takes place.

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What was left behind was a damaged Fuerte Tiuna, a key military facility in Caracas, which was hit by multiple explosions. During the 160-minute mission by air, land and sea, the US forces hit military and civilian targets across three states.

Following Maduro's ca...