Venezuelans in South Florida are celebrating the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.
On Saturday morning, the US apprehended the Venezuela President in a covert mission in Caracas at the order of President Trump.
“Last night and early today, at my direction, the United States armed forces conducted an extraordinary military operation in the capital of Venezuela. … It was an operation against a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas to bring outlaw dictator Nicolás Maduro to justice,” Trump said during a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
“We have a group of people running [Venezuela] until such a time it can be put back on track, make a lot of money for [Venezuelans] … give people a great way of life, and also [reimburse the] people in our country who were forced out of Venezuela,” Trump said.
Venezuelans in South Florida took the streets of Miami to celebrate Maduro’s ouster.
“We’re like everybody — it’s a combination of feelings, of course,” said Alejandra Arrieta, who came to the U.S. in 1997. “There’s fears. There’s excitement. There’s so many years that we’ve been waiting for this. Something had to happen in Venezuela. We all need the freedom.”
RIGHT NOW: Huge celebration outside El Arepazo in Doral after Maduro was captured by US forces overnight pic.twitter.com/E3rMJs7BBN
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