Nearly 200 U.S. military personnel have entered Caracas, Venezuela, as part of an operation to seize President leader Nicolas Maduro, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth stated on Monday.

Axar.az informs "As nearly 200 of our greatest Americans went downtown in Caracas. Seems those Russian air defenses didn't quite work so well, did they?" Hegseth said in a speech to US sailors and shipbuilders in Virginia.

"Downtown Caracas and grabbed an indicted individual wanted by American justice in support of law enforcement without a single American killed, reestablishing deterrence. Because of President Trump's leadership, the world is taking notice. They're noticing American power. They're noticing American strength," he noted.