Maduro’s capture: two hours that shook the world

It took US forces less than two-and-a-half hours to snatch President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the small hours of last Saturday morning, said Dan Sabbagh in The Guardian.

But this “extraordinary display of imperial power” – involving 150 US aircraft, including bombers and fighter jets – was the product of months of planning.

‘He got bum rushed so fast’

According to Gen Dan “Raizin” Caine, chair of the US joint chiefs of staff, US intelligence agencies had...