Venezuela says 100 were killed in US operation to capture Maduro: report

A Venezuelan authoritative is claiming that 100 radical were killed successful the U.S. cognition to seizure President Nicolás Maduro. 

Venezuela's interior curate Diosdado Cabello announced the fig precocious Wednesday, according to Reuters, which added that Venezuela’s service posted a database of 23 names of its dead. 

Cuba's authoritative mouthpiece for its ruling Communist Party besides confirmed Tuesday that 32 members of its equipped forces were killed during the U.S. subject cognition implicit the weekend. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the State Department for comment.

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Military unit basal by the coffins of soldiers allegedly killed successful the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his woman successful Caracas, Venezuela, connected Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.  (Ariana Cubillos/AP)

Cabello added that Maduro suffered a limb wounded during the capture, portion Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, sustained a caput injury, Reuters reported. 

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has declared a week of mourning for the subject members who person died, it added. 

An medication authoritative told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday that 7 U.S. work members were injured successful the operation.

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President Donald Trump shared a photograph of captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima aft strikes connected Venezuela, connected Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Truth Social/ @realDonaldTrump)

Five of those work members have already returned to duty, portion 2 are inactive recovering. 

"They are receiving fantabulous aesculapian attraction and are good connected their mode to recovery," the authoritative said. "The information that this highly analyzable and grueling ngo was successfully executed with truthful fewer injuries is simply a testament to the expertise of our associated warriors." 

On Saturday, U.S. work members landed successful Caracas, Venezuela, during a secretive ngo to onslaught Venezuelan territory and seizure Maduro and his woman known arsenic Operation Absolute Resolve. The ngo was led by the Army's elite peculiar operations portion Delta Force. 

The 32 subject and constabulary officers that Cuba says were killed were portion of a ngo carried retired astatine the petition of Venezuela’s government, according to a Cuban authorities statement. On Tuesday, Cuba released their names, ranks and ages.

Nicolás Maduro is seen successful handcuffs aft landing astatine a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavy equipped national agents arsenic they marque their mode into an armored car en way to a Manhattan national courthouse connected Jan. 5, 2026, successful New York City. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images)

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"Victims of a caller transgression enactment of aggression and authorities coercion perpetrated against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the United States, 32 Cubans mislaid their lives successful combat actions and aft fierce resistance," work a connection published by Granma, the authoritative paper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.   

Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.