India, Jan. 4 -- India has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Venezuela following a U.S. military operation that captured the country's president. American forces took President Nicolas Maduro and his wife to the United States after an assault on Caracas, triggering a national emergency.

U.S. troops launched an operation to capture Maduro after months of tension, with the U.S. accusing the president of drug trafficking. The assault included more than 20 U.S. airstrikes in waters near Venezuela since September. Venezuela's government denounced the action as an "extremely serious military aggression" and declared a national emergency.

India's external affairs ministry issued a security advisory late Saturday. "In view of ...