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Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday strongly condemned the military aggression by the United States against Venezuela, as he recounted his personal experience of the U.S. military attacks and the kidnapping of his father on January 3.

Nicolas Maduro Guerra, a deputy to the Venezuelan National Assembly, recalled the first moments of the U.S. large, pre-dawn military operation against Venezuela and how he scrambled but failed to reach his father by phone.

"At 02:00 on January 3, we heard the first explosion of a missile. Then, a second explosion was heard in Caracas. I immediately made phone calls to understand the situation. At that moment, I made the judgment that we were under attack. I immediately called my father, the President. He saw my call; I knew he saw it because he directly hung up the phone. At first, we were unable to reach the President. At some point during the early morning, we even thought he might have been caught up in an unfortunate incident," he told the China Media Group in Caracas.

"This is a military invasion. All international treaties have been trampled upon, and international law has been severely violated. A head of state and his wife, with immunity under international law, were kidnapped. We demand their immediate release and that they be brought back to their homeland," he said.

The Venezuelan interior ministry said the U.S. attacks caused 100 deaths and many injuries.

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FILE: Caracas, Venezuela - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)

1. Various of Venezuelan national flags, statue, street

Caracas, Venezuela - Jan 17, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)

2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nicolas Maduro Guerra, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's son (partially overlaid with shot 3/ending with shot 4):

"At 02:00 on January 3, we heard the first explosion of a missile. Then, a second explosion was heard in Caracas. I immediately made phone calls to understand the situation. At that moment, I made the judgment that we were under attack. I immediately called my father, the President. He saw my call; I knew he saw it because he directly hung up the phone. At first, we were unable to reach the President. At some point during the early morning, we even thought he might have been caught up in an unfortunate incident. It was a military invasion. All international treaties have been trampled upon, and international law has been severely violated. A head of state and his wife, with immunity under international law, were kidnapped. We demand their immediate release and that they be brought back to their homeland."

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Caracas, Venezuela - Jan 16, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)

3. People marching to protest against U.S. intervention, demanding release of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores

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4. Various of people marching, protesting U.S. attacks