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Opposition source claims Maduro's removal was an 'inside job'
The Straits Times
|January 04, 2026
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The opposition, headed by recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, had no immediate comment but has said for 18 months that it won the 2024 election and has a democratic right to take power.
Mr Maduro was captured by elite special forces troops, a US official told Reuters.
Republican Senator Mike Lee said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told him Mr Maduro would stand trial on criminal charges in the US and that no further action was anticipated inside Venezuela.
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