Nicolás Maduro
Former President of Venezuela (in U.S. custody)
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First U.S.-Venezuela Flights Land in Caracas After Seven-Year Ban, Following Maduro Capture
American Airlines resumed direct Miami-Caracas service on April 30, 2026, ending a flight suspension that began in May 2019. The resumption followed the January 2026 U.S. military capture of Nicolás Maduro, a TSA security assessment at Simón Bolívar Airport, and a State Department travel alert downgrade.
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DOJ Charges Fort Bragg Soldier With Turning $33,034 Into $409,881 on Polymarket Using Classified Intel on the Operation That Captured Maduro
The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed a five-count indictment against Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke, alleging he used classified knowledge of Operation Absolute Resolve—the military mission that captured Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on January 3—to win binary event contracts on Polymarket, then tried to erase his account and move the proceeds through a foreign crypto vault.