The Daily Populous

Sunday January 4th, 2026 night edition

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Trump hinted at a future conflict with Mexico in particular in an interview with Fox News Saturday morning.

“Your vice president, JD Vance, said that the message is pretty clear: that drug trafficking must stop.

So was this operation a message that you’re sending to Mexico, to Claudia Sheinbaum, the president there?”

“Well, it wasn’t meant to be, we’re very friendly with her, she’s a good woman,” Trump began.

And I’ve asked her numerous times, ‘Would you like us to take out the cartels?’ ... Something is gonna have to be done with Mexico.”.

Trump also told Fox that a “second wave” of strikes could take place in Venezuela and warned Maduro’s supporters will have a “bad future” if they stay loyal to him. »

AOC Slams Operation To Capture Maduro: 'It's About Oil And Regime Change'

Authored by latintimes.com

If it was, Trump wouldn't have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs," she claimed in a social media publication.

One of them was Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who claimed the government has deployed "public forces" at the border with Venezuela following the operation. »

Venezuela latest: Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro arrives in New York City after US strikes

Authored by bbc.co.uk

If, as claimed, the US has sent Delta Force into the heart of the Venezuelan capital and extracted the sitting president, along with his wife, it is unlike anything we have seen before.

The closest comparison would be the capture of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, also by special forces, on this very day in 1990.

But Noriega's capture followed a short, decisive, war between the two countries, in which Panamanian forces were quickly overwhelmed. »

US captured Venezuela’s Maduro after strike, Trump says

Authored by straitstimes.com

Mr Trump told Fox the raid had been planned for several days earlier but had been repeatedly delayed because of the weather.

The indictment against Mr Maduro was lodged in 2020, while the indictment against his wife was not previously known.

Vice-President Rodriguez said she did not know the whereabouts of either Mr Maduro or his wife, and demanded proof of life. »