The US military conducted a two-hour, twenty-minute operation codenamed 'Absolute Resolve' targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, launched at the request of the US Justice Department. The mission involved approximately 150 aircraft and drew on counterterrorism raid experience. US warplanes dismantled Venezuelan air defenses before helicopters entered Caracas, with one US aircraft sustaining damage. Extraction teams, including one tasked with securing Maduro and his wife, also faced fire. Venezuela denies US control claims following the operation, and no US fatalities were reported.