There was a lot of negotiation, a lot of offers, a lot of ways to do this in a simpler fashion, a more voluntary fashion. They were not taken. So what happened was An incredibly brilliant military operation done for the Drug Enforcement Agency to arrest Maduro and his wife. extradite him from the country and take them into U.S. custody. We want to change the game in Venezuela, fix the country so it's a productive member of the Western … (03:49–03:59)
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Asserts that a military operation was conducted to arrest Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife.
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