Live updates: Total death toll from Maduro's capture rises to at least 56
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Key Points:
- Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez declared seven days of mourning for at least 24 Venezuelan security officers killed during a U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. The operation also injured seven U.S. servicemembers, with two still recovering.
- U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the raid as a "brilliant tactical" success and suggested the U.S. would "run" Venezuela post-Maduro, though details on governance and troop deployment remain unclear, prompting mixed reactions from U.S. lawmakers and former diplomats.
- The operation sparked international condemnation, including from Spain and the United Nations, which called it a violation of international law and warned it undermines global security architecture; Denmark and other European nations defended Greenland
