US President Donald Trump on Saturday shared the first image of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following his capture by US armed forces during a midnight operation.The picture showed the now-deposed Venezuelan president handcuffed and blindfolded.Maduro's Last Day As Venezuela President: Trump Strikes After Meeting With Powerful Putin Ally China"Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken overnight from their home on a military base and placed aboard a US warship bound for New York, where they are expected to face federal charges linked to a “narco-terrorism” conspiracy.The operation followed a “large-scale strike” on Venezuelan territory, with explosions reported in Caracas and other locations. Maduro’s government condemned the action as an “imperialist attack” and an “extremely serious military aggression”, declaring a state of emergency and urging citizens to take to the streets.Speaking on Saturday on “Fox and Friends Weekend”, Trump said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were seized at the presidential palace and flown by helicopter to a US warship.Trump said Maduro had been “highly guarded” inside a palace “like a fortress”, equipped with a secure room reinforced with steel.US forces, he claimed, were prepared to breach it using “massive blowtorches” if necessary. “He didn’t get that space closed,” Trump said, adding that troops had rehearsed the raid using a replica of the building.The operation took place in darkness, with Trump claiming the US turned off “almost all of the lights in Caracas”. At least seven explosions were reported, and the raid lasted under 30 minutes. Venezuela’s vice president said civilians and soldiers were killed, while Trump said only “a couple of guys were hit” on the US side.