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US forces killed 55 Venezuelan, Cuban military personnel in Maduro raid: tolls (www.rfi.fr)
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Caracas (AFP) โ€“ US forces killed 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel during their stunning raid to capture Nicolas Maduro, tolls published by Caracas and Havana showed Tuesday.

In the first confirmation of its losses, Venezuela's military said 23 of its service members died in Saturday's attacks by the United States, which led to the ouster of Maduro as the country's leader. Caracas has yet to give an official figure for civilian casualties.

Cuba, which had already announced that 32 members of its armed forces and interior ministry security personnel assigned to duties in Caracas were killed in the raids, also listed its dead.

They ranged in age from 26 to 67 and included two colonels and one lieutenant colonel.

Many of the dead Cubans are believed to have been members of Maduro's security detail, which was largely wiped out in the attacks, according to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez.

The assault began with bombing raids on military targets and culminated with US special forces swooping in by helicopter to seize Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from a compound.

They were later taken to New York, where they appeared in court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday called on the United States to ensure Maduro receives a "fair trial."

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[โ€“] crank0271@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's 55 military personnel, but the last I saw the NY Times was reporting at least 80 casualties. So that's at least 25 civilians.