Weeks in the planning..& fake fortress

US special forces built a full-size replica of President's Nicolas Maduro’s fortress home to train for his extraction, insiders reveal.

- BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG

A small team, including an insider working for the Venezuelan government, has been watching him for months.

They found out where he slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, the rituals in place for his pets.

They stressed that no US military personnel were killed in the blitz.

The mission was named Operation Absolute Resolve and was finalised before Christmas.