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The Cuban government announced on Sunday, January 4, that 32 Cuban nationals were killed during a U.S. operation in Caracas that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
In a statement broadcast on national television, Havana described the attack as a “criminal operation” carried out by the United States, adding that the deceased were members of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces or the Ministry of the Interior, participating in missions “at the request of counterpart agencies.”
The U.S. military operation on Saturday, January 3, resulted in the extraction of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who are due to face charges of drug trafficking and terrorism in a New York court on Monday.
Cuban officials said their personnel “fulfilled their duty with dignity and heroism” and died “after fierce resistance, in direct combat against the attackers or as a result of the bombings” conducted by U.S. forces.
Havana has declared two days of national mourning, beginning at dawn on Monday, January 5, and plans to organize tributes to the fallen.
“Honor and glory to the brave Cuban fighters who fell facing terrorists in imperial uniform,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote on X.
