US Army carries out attacks in Venezuela
The US military carried out attacks in Venezuela early Saturday, US officials confirmed to Pak Gazette. Multiple explosions could be seen in the capital of Caracas and nearby areas. (CREDIT: The Associated Press)
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The Milwaukee Brewers say they are unaware of the status of several players currently in Venezuela after the U.S. military carried out attacks in the country and detained President Nicolás Maduro.
Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold revealed that the team is currently unaware of the players’ status in a statement Saturday.
“We don’t have a lot of information right now, but we’re trying to follow up,” Arnold said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We know the airports have been closed, but not much else.”
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The Milwaukee Brewers celebrate a single by center fielder Jackson Chourio during the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 9, 2025. (Patrick Gorski/Imagn Images)
The team’s players currently in Venezuela include star outfielder Jackson Chourio, infielder Andruw Monasterio and catcher Jeferson Quero, according to the outlet.
The recent attack by the US military comes amid attacks against suspected drug trafficking ships in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific.
Forces carried out a “large-scale attack” in Venezuela early Saturday and detained Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife, President Donald Trump confirmed.
The president wrote in Truth Social that the operation was successful and that Maduro and his wife were “captured and taken out of the country by plane.” Trump said the operation was carried out with the collaboration of US law enforcement.
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At least seven explosions could be heard in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, early Saturday, according to The Associated Press, and planes were seen flying low over Caracas around 2 a.m. local time. The helicopters seen flying over Caracas were part of the US Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as “Night Stalkers.”
The Venezuelan government said in a statement that “the civil and military localities of the city of Caracas, capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira” were impacted by the attack.
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio (11) is seen before the fifth inning of an MLB game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays on August 31, 2025, at the Rogers Center in Toronto, ON. (Mathew Tsang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The statement also accused the United States of committing a “very serious military aggression” against Venezuela and carrying out an “imperialist aggression.”
“The objective of this attack is none other than to seize Venezuela’s strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, attempting to forcibly break the political independence of the Nation,” the Government of Venezuela stated in a statement. “They will not achieve it. After more than two hundred years of independence, the people and their legitimate Government remain firm in the defense of sovereignty and the inalienable right to decide their own destiny.”
