Venezuelan houses destroyed in US attack; no official figures on deaths

People carry personal belongings at a damaged building, following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Some homes ‌in the town of Catia La Mar near Venezuela’s capital ‌Caracas were damaged or destroyed in the U.S. military ‌operation that captured President Nicolas Maduro, residents told Reuters on Sunday, while officials reported an unspecified number of deaths.

Jonatan Mallora, a 50-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, and his ‍neighbor Angel Alvarez, a young street vendor, ‍said they woke on ‌Saturday to explosions in their community in La Guaira state, about ‍31 kilometers (19 ​miles) north of Caracas.