Homes in Venezuela were damaged and destroyed during the U.S. airstrikes that were part of a military operation where President Nicolás Maduro was captured. Venezuelan authorities have said the U.S. hit areas in La Guaira, Caracas and the neighboring states of Miranda and Aragua, Reuters reported.
The Associated Press wrote that dozens of stores, restaurants and churches were closed in Caracas on Sunday.
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Venezuelan authorities said civilians, members of its military and Maduro’s security team were killed in the strikes, though an official number has not been released. Straight Arrow News reached out to the State and Defense Departments for comment.
Jonatan Mallora, a 50-year-old motorcycle taxi driver, and his neighbor Angel Alvarez, told Reuters they woke to explosions in their community in La Guaira state, about 19 miles from Caracas. The roof to Mallora’s apartment was destroyed.
“It’s sheer luck they didn’t kill my kids,” he told Reuters.
One man, Wilman González, suffered a blackened eye in the strikes, and one part of his apartment building was entirely blown off. One of the people killed by the blast was his 80-year-old aunt, Rosa, multiple media outlets have reported.
“This is it, what we are left with: ruins,” González said, according to the AP.
People inspect the damage of a damaged building, following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa) 
Jorge Cardona, along with his friend, looks for personal belongings through the rubble of a damaged building following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa) 
A neighbor walks through an apartment building that residents say was damaged during U.S. military operations to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) 
Jorge Cardona stands amid the rubble of a damaged building following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa) 
Gustavo Villamizar helps his friend, Jesus Linares (not pictured), looking for personal belongings through the rubble of a damaged building following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa) 
Wilman Gonzalez looks on at his apartment that was damaged in a missile strike in which his aunt, Rosa Elena, was fatally injured, following U.S. strikes on Venezuela during which President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa) 
Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) 
Jonathan Mayoral helps relatives clean up their apartment, which residents say was damaged during U.S. military operations to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) 
Carmen Mejias sweeps in front of a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) 
Reggie Carrera looks at the damage at the home of his friend Jesus Linares, who says it was hit during U.S. military operations to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
