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Stephen Matthews

Stephen Matthews, Associate Editor

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Stephen Matthews, an award-winning journalist, is Associate Editor at Daily Mail. He originally joined as a Health Reporter in May 2016. Since then, he has covered a pandemic, numerous NHS crises and dozens of unusual ailments. In his spare time, he enjoys walking his dog, a golden cocker spaniel named Pablo.
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How the US captured Nicolas Maduro: Inside President Donald Trump's extraordinary early-hours assault on Venezuelan 'fortress'

05/01/26 05:06
Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation overnight on January 2. CIA operatives were sent to Caracas on a secret reconnaissance mission in August, tasked with carefully studying Nicolas Maduro's movements to make grabbing him seamless. Spooks also had an asset close to Maduro, monitoring his whereabouts and feeding his exact location to the military. With the US having built up a naval presence in the Caribbean, Maduro was aware of the looming threat of being captured. In an effort to evade capture, he began rotating between half a dozen sleeping locations, including Fort Tiuna - described by President Donald Trump as a 'fortress'. Elite US troops, including the Army's Delta Force, created an exact replica of Maduro's safe house. The US military mission had occupied the same sprawling facility for more than 50 years, before being expelled in 2001 when Hugo Chavez came to power. That invaluable inside knowledge meant troops could practice, step-by-step, how they would blitz the residence, just as Seal Team Six that killed Osama Bin Laden did....read
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