Incident Code

USVEN260103b

Location

El Volcán transmission tower, El Hatillo, Miranda, Venezuela
Antena de El Volcán, El Hatillo

Geolocation

10.416042, -66.848763
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: February 18, 2026

One woman was killed and her daughter was injured by an alleged U.S. airstrike on a TV and telephone antenna in El Volcán, in the municipality of El Hatillo, in the state of Miranda, Venezuela at 1 a.m. on January 3, 2026. The airstrikes reportedly occurred during US operations to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

@Ewalds6 reported that a citizen had been killed in an attack on an antenna in El Volcán, Oripoto. Local Venezuelan and Colombian sources later identified the victims as 45-year-old Colombian businesswoman and street vendor Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, who was killed, and her daughter 22-year-old Colombian nurse Ana Corina Morales Sierra.

El Universal News referred to Yohana as a “single mother who, with her love, effort, and daily work, raised her three children in Venezuela, where she had lived for several years”.

Ana, a relative of Yohana (not her daughter), told El Universal that “Yohana was a good, hardworking, noble, cheerful, and resilient woman. She spent her time traveling between Caracas and Colombia. She was born here but always sought new opportunities, which is why she settled in Venezuela many years ago.

At the time of her death, she was living in a large house on a farm in the municipality of El Hatillo, in the state of Miranda. There were television and telecommunications antennas there, and they were the first ones the U.S. planes bombed. It was 1:00 a.m. when Yohana heard the explosion. She was sleeping with her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Corina, and they were frightened, so they ran out of the house into the yard. That’s when a missile hit them.” According to relative Ana, Ana Corina called her family members in Colombia and told them “They’re killing us, they killed my mom, I don’t know what’s happening, but I don’t think we’ll ever see each other again” adding that Ana Corina was taken to the hospital where “now she’s out of danger”.

A relative of the owners of a residence connected internally to the “repeater towers” told El Pitazo that “Yohana, whom we love dearly, decided to go out and see what was happening in El Volcán. Her daughter asked her not to leave, but she insisted on going because she was determined to take pictures of what was happening.” Yohana had reportedly arrived at the site of the antenna as a second missile struck the location, and she was hit in the chest by projectiles which caused her death. Her daughter was treated at Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital in El Llanito for injuries to her legs and was later discharged.

Additional relatives told El Universal that tragically “we will have to watch her funeral via live stream, by phone, because we cannot repatriate her body since it was a war-related death. It is very sad for her two children who live in Spain and Cali (Colombia) because they will not be able to enter Venezuela since there is no access at the moment.” Another relative mentioned that Yohana and Ana Corina had not been to Colombia in two years but planned a trip for December, which got postponed to February, to celebrate Ana Corina’s graduating from nursing school. Images included in the reporting show Yohana wearing a black and grey striped dress, and posing with her daughter in graduation attire, likely indicating the image was taken shortly before the incident.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro made statements about the victims on Twitter/X, writing “in the bombings, they murdered a Colombian mother, the mother of her daughter, Ana, a nurse. She sold things in the streets of Caracas. A native of Cartagena”.

Venezuelan journalist @DarvinsonRojas posted images for Reuters which show a severely damaged home, with mention that “the house is located in the vicinity of a transmission tower that was one of the targets of the operation.” Additional images from Reuters include the same home with two people hugging in the foreground, identified as Maikel Linares, nephew of Carlos Bracho, and family member Yine Barón. Carlos told Reuters that the airstrikes had destroyed a TV and telephone tower which collapsed onto their home, killing and injuring his neighbors and damaging the home.

Local journalists including @nachomdeo posted images showing fire illuminating the sky in a residential area and the location of the images was geolocated to be the “Antenas El Volcán” (communications antennas) in Miranda by @trbrtc who provided the coordinates,

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the attack to the U.S. military. While @petrogustavo referred to a “bombing” occurring, Infobae News stated that an “American missile” had struck the area.

Assessment Updates

8 January 2026
Information from El Pitazo added to the assessment and source list
19 January 2026
Geolocation added. Incident had not been geolocated when originally published.

Victims

Family members (2)

Yohana Rodríguez Sierra
45 years old female killed
Ana Corina Morales Sierra
22 years old female injured

Key Information

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the area of El Volcán in Miranda. Reuters‘ imagery of a collapsed single-storey building could be geolocated to the following exact coordinates: 10.416167, -66.849611. However, due to uncertainty regarding Maria’s exact location at the time of her death, Airwars elected to use generic coordinates representing the wider area, which are: 10.416042, -66.848763. The location of this incident will be further specified if more information comes to light.

Imagery: Google Earth, Reuters & @Arr3ch0

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petrogustavo
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Listen to those who toast, dance, and applaud because the gringos bombed Caracas, forgetting where we come from, because we share a similar flag, and who liberated us: none other than the people's struggle led by Bolívar, the Venezuelan. Nostalgic for kneeling before a king, because they want to enslave their own people in Colombia and murder them, just as they do in Caracas, as they are accustomed to doing. Do they applaud the killing of a Colombian mother? Don't they care because they also want to be a colony of the North? In the bombings, they murdered a Colombian mother, the mother of her daughter, Ana, a nurse. She sold things in the streets of Caracas. A native of Cartagena, once a land of slaves and liberators, of brave resisters before the arrival of the invader, a mulatto woman with deep Afro-Caribbean roots, like many of us from the people. Donald Trump, under your internationally illegal orders, they murdered an innocent Colombian and Caribbean mother, full of dreams for her daughter. You've already killed several Colombians, Donald. I had to denounce the murder of the poor boatman in Santa Marta, the first European city on the continent. In his homeless neighborhood, I met his impoverished family, and you labeled him a narco-terrorist and launched your missile of demons, preventing him from getting the money for his daughter to study at university. We will not be silent, we will not silence the free word; it is our right. We have the right, as the great American poet Walt Widman, libertarian and beautiful, said in his poem Carpe Diem, which in Spanish means "seize the day" or "seize the day." We have the right to speak, to express ourselves, because we are free. With weapons, our peasants and freed slaves, barefoot and almost naked, led by Bolívar, whom you too would have liked to take prisoner to New York, gave us the right to be free, and free we shall be. We honor the daughter of Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, who bears my father's second surname, that of my grandmother Francisca de Petro Sierra, from Ciénaga de Oro, my hometown in Córdoba. May the Caribbean city of Cartagena, and hopefully all of Colombia, never forget the name of the person who ordered her assassination. And may they never forget those in Colombia who want to change their flag, become a colony again, and return to the past of slave owners and Black people.

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Escuchen los que brindan y bailan y aplauden porque los gringos bombardearon a Caracas, olvidando de dónde venimos, porque tenemos parecida bandera y quién nos libertó que no fué sino la lucha popular comandada por Bolívar, el venezolano. Nostálgicos de arrodillarse ante un rey porque quieren esclavizar en Colombia y asesinar como en Caracas a su propio pueblo como están acostumbrados. ¿Aplauden que mataron a una madre colombiana? ¿No les importa porque desean ser también colonia del norte? En los bombardeos asesinaron a una madre colombiana, madre de su hija enfermera Ana. Ella vendía cosas en las calles de Caracas. Cartagenera, antes tierra de esclavos y de emancipadores, de resistentes bravíos ante la llegada del invasor, mulata muy afro, como muchos de nosotros del pueblo. Donald Trump, bajo tus órdenes ilegales internacionalmente, asesinaron a una inocente madre colombiana y caribeña llena de ilusiones con su hija. Ya has matado varios colombianos Donald, me tocó denunciar el asesinato del lanchero pobre de Santa Marta, la primera ciudad europea en el continente, en su barrio sin techos llegué a conocer a su familia pobrísima y lo denominaste narcoterrorista y enviaste tu misil de demonios y no pudo conseguir el dinero para que su hija estudiara en la universidad. Nosotros no callamos, no silenciamos la palabra libre, es a lo que tenemos derecho. Tenemos derecho, como dijo el gran poeta estadounidense Walt Widman, libertario y hermoso en su poema Carpe Diem, en español hago así como vive el día intensamente o cosecha el día, tenemos el derecho a hablar, a expresarnos porque somos libres. Con armas nuestros campesinos y esclavos liberados sin zapatos y casi sin ropas comandados por Bolívar, que tú también hubieras querido llevarte preso a Nueva York, nos dieron el derecho a ser libres y libres seremos. Honramos a la hija de Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, que lleva el segundo apellido de mi padre, el de mi abuela Francisca de Petro Sierra, de Cienaga de Oro, mi pueblo de Córdoba. Que Cartagena caribeña y, ojalá Colombia, nunca olviden el nombre de quién ordenó asesinarla. Y de quienes en Colombia quieren cambiar de bandera y volverse colonia de nuevo y regresar al pasado de esclavistas y negros.
Infobae
5 Jan 2026

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The 45-year-old businesswoman lost her life in the attacks carried out by the United States against Nicolás Maduro - credit Facebook. As the hours pass, updated figures are emerging regarding the deaths amid the military actions carried out by the United States government in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture and extradition of former dictator Nicolás Maduro in the early hours of January 3. However, although President Donald Trump initially claimed that there were no fatalities in the operation called "Absolute Resolve," international media outlets are now reporting a preliminary figure of 80 deaths, including the first woman, a Colombian national. Follow us on Facebook and on our WhatsApp Channel. She is Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, a 45-year-old businesswoman from Cartagena who was struck by one of the American missiles in the municipality of El Hatillo, Miranda state. According to testimonies gathered by El Universal from family members in Bolívar and Cartagena, the tragedy unfolded when a missile, launched during the attack, struck her. A projectile aimed at telecommunications antennas struck the home where Yohana lived with her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Corina Morales Sierra. Images of the moment of a bombing on the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Venezuela. 0 seconds of 1 minute, 35 seconds. Volume 90%. The Colombian woman lost her life amid the bombing of telecommunications antennas in Miraflores state - credit X. Both were asleep when the first explosion startled them. They tried to flee to the patio for protection, but a second projectile hit Yohana in the back, causing her immediate death, while Ana Corina suffered injuries to her leg. “They’re attacking us, my mom is already dead. Cousin, I don’t know when we’ll see each other again, I don’t know what’s happening,” the young woman managed to tell her family amidst the panic, Ana Frías, the victim’s cousin, told the newspaper El Universal. Operation ‘Absolute Resolution,’ launched to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, has generated a wave of international reactions, but for Yohana’s family it has only brought pain and disbelief. According to statements from relatives collected by El Universal, the outrage centers on the US government's decision to bomb residential areas, even though, they claim, "they already knew where Maduro was, so we don't understand why they attacked locations surrounded by civilians, while they slept, when they had already located their target." They described the attack as lacking respect for life and sovereignty, highlighting that more than 100 people may have lost their lives as a result of the military operation, although the official figure has not been confirmed. Yohana Rodríguez intended to come to Colombia in February to celebrate her daughter's graduation - credit Facebook. Yohana, who had built her life in Venezuela after emigrating from Cartagena, was a self-employed businesswoman and maintained frequent contact with her three children, two of whom reside in Spain and Cali. She had purchased tickets to return to Colombia in December, intending to celebrate Ana Corina's graduation and the Christmas holidays, but the diplomatic situation and the recent armed conflict thwarted those plans. “They postponed the trip until February, and now it’s canceled,” a relative told El Universal. The family’s grief is compounded by the impossibility of traveling to Venezuela to say their final goodbyes, due to the closure of border crossings and the restrictions imposed after the capture of the main leaders of Chavismo. “We’ll have to watch his funeral via live stream, by phone, because we can’t repatriate his body since it was a war death,” one of the relatives told El Universal, emphasizing the helplessness of not being able to perform the traditional farewell rituals. This experience, they say, illustrates the human cost of armed conflicts and how violence transcends borders and political contexts. Images of the moment of a bombing on the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Venezuela 0 seconds of 42 seconds Volume 90% The missile hit Yohana Rodríguez's house as they tried to take refuge in their backyard - credit X Yohana's family insists that her case should serve to highlight the suffering of those who, like her, became collateral victims of military operations. "There were many innocent people, like Yohana, who ended up being victims," they told El Universal, while warning that there are other wounded and dead in El Hatillo and Caracas whose cases have not been reported by the press. The family urged the international community not to lose sight of the impact of these actions on the civilian population, regardless of the political or military objectives of those involved. Meanwhile, Ana Corina Morales Sierra, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the attack, remains in Venezuela, receiving support from her family from afar. The community of Bayunca, as well as relatives in San Jacinto and Clemencia, are waiting to pay tribute to Yohana, a woman described as “hardworking, noble, and a fighter” by those who knew her, according to accounts gathered by El Universal.

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La comerciante de 45 años perdió la vida en los ataques adelantados por Estados Unidos contra Nicolás Maduro - crédito FacebookCon el paso de las horas se empiezan a conocer los datos actualizados de los fallecidos en medio de las acciones militares que adelantó el gobierno de los Estados Unidos en Venezuela y que dejó al exdictador Nicolás Maduro capturado y extraditado en la madrugada del 3 enero.Sin embargo, aunque en un principio el presidente Donald Trump aseguró que en el operativo denominado ‘Resolución Absoluta’ no se habían presentado personas fallecidas, lo cierto es que medios internacionales ya reportan un dato preliminar de 80 personas fallecidas, entre ellas la primera mujer de nacionalidad colombiana.Ahora seguirnos en Facebook y en nuestro WhatsApp ChannelSe trata de Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, una comerciante cartagenera de 45 años que fue alcanzada por uno de los misiles norteamericanos en el municipio de El Hatillo, estado de Miranda.De acuerdo con los testimonios recabados por El Universal entre los familiares en Bolívar y Cartagena, la tragedia se desencadenó cuando un misil, lanzado durante el ataque dirigido a unas antenas de telecomunicaciones, impactó la vivienda donde Yohana residía junto a su hija, Ana Corina Morales Sierra, de 22 años.Imágenes del momento de un bombardeo sobre la Base Aérea Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda en Venezuela0 seconds of 1 minute, 35 secondsVolume 90%La colombiana perdió la vida en medio de los bombardeos a las antenas de telecomunicaciones en el estado de Miraflores - crédito XAmbas dormían cuando la primera explosión las sobresaltó. Intentaron huir al patio en busca de protección, pero un segundo proyectil alcanzó a Yohana por la espalda, causándole la muerte inmediata, mientras que Ana Corina sufrió lesiones en una pierna. “Nos están atacando, ya mi mamá está muerta. Prima, no sé cuándo nos volvamos a ver, no sé qué está pasando”, pudo comunicar la joven a su familia en medio del pánico, relató Ana Frías, prima de la víctima, al medio El Universal.La operación ‘Resolución Absoluta’, desarrollada para lograr la captura de Nicolás Maduro y su esposa Cilia Flores, ha generado una oleada de reacciones internacionales, pero para la familia de Yohana solo ha dejado dolor e incredulidad. Según declaraciones de los parientes recogidas por El Universal, la indignación se centra en la decisión del gobierno estadounidense de bombardear zonas residenciales, pese a que, aseguran, “ya sabían dónde estaba Maduro, entonces no entendemos por qué atacaron puntos rodeados de civiles, mientras dormían, cuando ya tenían localizado su objetivo”.Calificaron el ataque como carente de respeto por la vida y la soberanía, resaltando que más de 100 personas habrían perdido la vida como consecuencia de la operación militar, aunque la cifra oficial no ha sido confirmada.Yohana Rodríguez pretendía venir a Colombia en febrero para celebrar la graduación de su hija - crédito FacebookYohana, quien había construido su vida en Venezuela tras emigrar desde Cartagena, se dedicaba al comercio independiente y mantenía contacto frecuente con sus tres hijos, dos de los cuales residen en España y Cali. Había adquirido pasajes para regresar a Colombia en diciembre, con la intención de celebrar la graduación de Ana Corina y las festividades navideñas, pero la situación diplomática y los recientes acontecimientos bélicos frustraron esos planes. “Dejaron el viaje para febrero y ya no se dará”, lamentó un allegado a El Universal.El dolor familiar se agrava ante la imposibilidad de viajar a Venezuela para dar el último adiós, debido al cierre de accesos fronterizos y las restricciones impuestas tras la captura de los principales líderes del chavismo.“Nos va a tocar ver su sepelio por medio de una transmisión en vivo, vía telefónica, porque el cuerpo no lo podemos repatriar debido a que fue una muerte de guerra”, relató una de las parientes a El Universal, destacando la impotencia de no poder cumplir los rituales de despedida tradicionales. Esta experiencia, expresan, ilustra el costo humano de los conflictos armados y la manera en que la violencia trasciende fronteras y contextos políticos.Imágenes del momento de un bombardeo sobre la Base Aérea Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda en Venezuela0 seconds of 42 secondsVolume 90%El misil alcanzó la vivienda de Yohana Rodríguez mientras intentaban buscar refugio en el patio de su casa - crédito XLos familiares de Yohana insisten en que su caso debe servir para visibilizar el sufrimiento de quienes, como ella, resultaron víctimas colaterales de operaciones militares. “Fueron muchos los inocentes, como Yohana, los que resultaron siendo víctimas”, declararon a El Universal, mientras advertían que existen otros heridos y fallecidos en El Hatillo y Caracas cuyos casos no han sido difundidos por la prensa. La familia exhortó a la comunidad internacional a no perder de vista el impacto de estas acciones sobre la población civil, al margen de los objetivos políticos o militares de los involucrados.Mientras tanto, Ana Corina Morales Sierra, quien se recupera de las heridas sufridas durante el ataque, permanece en territorio venezolano, recibiendo el apoyo de sus familiares a distancia. La comunidad de Bayunca, así como allegados en San Jacinto y Clemencia, se mantienen a la espera de poder rendir homenaje a Yohana, una mujer descrita como “trabajadora, noble y luchadora” por quienes la conocieron, según los relatos recogidos por El Universal.
Prensa Latina
5 Jan 2026

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“The bombings killed a Colombian mother, the mother of his daughter Ana, a nurse. She sold things in the streets of Caracas. A woman from Cartagena, once a land of slaves and liberators, of brave resisters before the arrival of the invader, a mulatto woman with deep Afro roots, like many of us from the people,” the president wrote on his social media account. The president directed his message to those who, he commented, “toast and dance and applaud because the gringos bombed Caracas.” In his opinion, those who express themselves in this way are “nostalgic for kneeling before a king because they want to enslave their own people in Colombia and murder them, as they are accustomed to doing in the capital of Venezuela.” “They applaud the killing of a Colombian mother? Don’t they care because they also want to be a colony of the North?” he questioned. In his statement, he directly challenged the President of the United States. “Donald Trump, under your internationally illegal orders, an innocent Colombian and Caribbean mother, full of dreams for her daughter, was murdered,” he denounced. He added that the occupant of the Oval Office had already killed several of his compatriots, including a boatman from Santa Marta who died as a result of missiles launched against vessels in the Caribbean. “We honor the daughter of Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, who bears my father’s second surname, that of my grandmother Francisca de Petro Sierra, from Ciénaga de Oro, my hometown in Córdoba,” Petro stated. He also asked that the circumstances surrounding Rodríguez’s death be taken into account. “May the Caribbean city of Cartagena, and hopefully all of Colombia, never forget the name of the person who ordered her murder. And may they never forget those in Colombia who want to change their flag and become a colony again, returning to the past of slaveholders and Black people,” he urged. Earlier, in another tweet, he commented that the United States is the first country in the world to bomb a South American capital in all of human history. He then stated that trading partners must change and Latin America must unite or it will be treated as a servant and slave. He also lamented that within the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), “there is no shortage of presidents who prefer to remain slaves to foreign governments and yearn to kneel before the king.” ro/ifs

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“Los bombardeos asesinaron a una madre colombiana, madre de su hija enfermera Ana. Ella vendía cosas en las calles de Caracas. Cartagenera, antes tierra de esclavos y de emancipadores, de resistentes bravíos ante la llegada del invasor, mulata muy afro, como muchos de nosotros del pueblo”, escribió el mandatario en su cuenta de la red social X. El gobernante dirigió su mensaje a aquellos que, según comentó, “brindan y bailan y aplauden porque los gringos bombardearon a Caracas”. A su juicio, quienes así se manifiestan están “nostálgicos de arrodillarse ante un rey porque quieren esclavizar en Colombia y asesinar como en la capital de Venezuela a su propio pueblo como están acostumbrados”. “¿Aplauden que mataron a una madre colombiana? ¿No les importa porque desean ser también colonia del norte?”, cuestionó. En su pronunciamiento emplazó de manera directa al presidente de Estados Unidos. “Donald Trump, bajo tus órdenes ilegales internacionalmente, asesinaron a una inocente madre colombiana y caribeña llena de ilusiones con su hija”, denunció. Añadió que ya el ocupante del Despacho Oval mató a varios de sus compatriotas, entre ellos a un lanchero de Santa Marta que murió a causa de los misiles lanzados contra embarcaciones en el Caribe. “Honramos a la hija de Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, que lleva el segundo apellido de mi padre, el de mi abuela Francisca de Petro Sierra, de Ciénaga de Oro, mi pueblo de Córdoba”, expresó Petro. También pidió que se tengan en cuenta las circunstancias en las que Rodríguez perdió la vida. “Que Cartagena caribeña y, ojalá Colombia, nunca olviden el nombre de quién ordenó asesinarla. Y de quienes en Colombia quieren cambiar de bandera y volverse colonia de nuevo y regresar al pasado de esclavistas y negros”, instó. Más temprano, en otro tuit, comentó que Estados Unidos es el primer país del mundo en bombardear una capital suramericana en toda la historia humana. Expuso entonces que los socios comerciales deben cambiar y América Latina debe unirse o será tratada como sierva y esclava. También lamentó que en el seno de Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños “no falta el o la presidente que prefiera seguir de esclavo de gobiernos extranjeros y añoran arrodillarse ante el rey”. ro/ifs
Ewalds6
3 Jan 2026

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It has been confirmed that a citizen died in the attack on the antenna in El Volcán, Oripoto sector of the municipality of El Hatillo.

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Confirman que en el ataque a la antena de El Volcán, sector Oripoto del municipio El Hatillo, falleció un ciudadano.
trbrtc
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These three images, I don't their original sources, show the “Antenas El Volcán” (communications antennas) in Caracas on fire. Coordinates: 10.416645, -66.851563. H/t @SA_Defensa.

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The Time of Venezuela
4 Jan 2026

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From the Presidential Security Battalion, the following died: Lieutenant Yendis Cristofer Gregorio Barreto; honor guards Jeampier Josue Parra Parra, Franyerson Javier Hurtado Ortuño, José Ángel Ilarraza González, Jerry Antonio Aguilera Velásquez, Franco Abrahan Contreras Tochon, and Isaac Enrique Tovar Lamont; and Corporal Luis Enrry López Sánchez. Also killed were members of the so-called "Bravo Squadron" from the same battalion, including Lieutenant Lerwis Geovanny Rivero Chirinos and Sergeant Richard. Lee Rodríguez Bellorín, as well as members of the 3rd Custodial Battalion: Sergeants Anaís Katherine Molina Goenaga and Alejandra Del Valle Oliveros Velásquez, honor guard Carlos Julio Quiñónez Perozo, and Military Academy students Jhonatan Alexander Cordero Moreno (distinguished) and Saúl Abrahan Pereira Martínez. This group also includes bodyguard Juan Escalona, who was part of Maduro's security detail; First Lieutenant Deimar Elizabeth Páez Torres of the Military Aviation, who was at the Tettra Network Teleport, located at the Communications Directorate of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela in Fort Tiuna; and another member of the FANB identified as Lenín Osorio Ramírez, son of Soraida Ramírez, president of the Autonomous Institute National Council for the Human Rights of Children and Adolescents (Idenna). Although their names are unknown, unofficial reports indicated that there were six other deaths in several of the bombed facilities: two at the General Command of the Bolivarian Militia, whose headquarters are 500 meters from the Mountain Barracks, where Hugo Chávez's remains are located; and two more victims at the Óscar Machado Zuloaga Caracas Airport in Valles del Tuy. One person died at the Admiral José María García Air Defense Missile Group and another at the Altos de Irapa Radar Station. The death of a woman (her daughter was injured) was also reported in the municipality of El Hatillo, south of the Venezuelan capital, in a house near the "El Volcán" mountain, where a series of transmission antennas are located. The woman was identified as Johanna Sierra. Likewise, the death of 78-year-old Rosa González was confirmed. She lived in block 12 on Prolongación Soublette in Catia La Mar, a housing complex adjacent to the area attacked on the Mamo Plateau, at the Venezuelan Navy's military installations. Read The New York Times reported that 40 people had died, according to an anonymous source in the Venezuelan government, but did not reveal the names of the victims. The bombings also left an undetermined number of injured, and possibly more dead. However, Venezuelan authorities have not provided any information about the victims. The attacks also left dozens wounded. According to a hospital report compiled by the Network of Doctors in Venezuela, as of 2:00 p.m. on January 3, 90 people had been admitted to various hospitals in the Capital District with injuries resulting from the bombings. The Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital received 60 injured people, and another 30 at the Fuerte Tiuna Military Hospital. The association also notes that several deaths have not yet been counted.

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Del Batallón de Seguridad Presidencial murieron el teniente Yendis Cristofer Gregorio Barreto; los guardias de honor Jeampier Josue Parra Parra, Franyerson Javier Hurtado Ortuño, José Ángel Ilarraza González, Jerry Antonio Aguilera Velásquez, Franco Abrahan Contreras Tochon e Isaac Enrique Tovar Lamont; además del cabo segundo Luis Enrry López Sánchez. También murieron miembros del llamado “Escuadrón Bravo” del mismo batallón, como el teniente Lerwis Geovanny Rivero Chirinos y el sargento segundo Richard. Lee Rodríguez Bellorín, así como efectivos del Batallón De Custodia número 3: las sargentas segundo Anaís Katherine Molina Goenaga y Alejandra Del Valle Oliveros Velasquez, el guardia de honor Carlos Julio Quiñónez Perozo, así como los alumnos de la Academia Militar, Jhonatan Alexander Cordero Moreno (distinguido) y Saúl Abrahan Pereira Martínez. A este grupo se suma el escolta Juan Escalona, quien formaba parte del anillo de seguridad de Maduro; además de la primera teniente de la Aviación Militar, Deimar Elizabeth Páez Torres, quien estaba en el Telepuerto de la Red Tettra, ubicada en la Dirección de Comunicaciones de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela en Fuerte Tiuna; y otro miembro de la FANB identificado como Lenín Osorio Ramírez, hijo de Soraida Ramírez, presidenta del Instituto Autónomo Consejo Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (Idenna). Aunque no se conocen sus nombres, reportes extraoficiales indicaron que hubo otros 6 muertos en varias de las dependencias bombardeadas: 2 en la Comandancia General de la Milicia Bolivariana, cuya sede está a 500 metros del Cuartel de la Montaña, donde están los restos de Hugo Chávez; otras 2 víctimas en el Aeropuerto Caracas Óscar Machado Zuloaga, en Valles del Tuy; 1 persona fallecida en el Grupo Misilístico de Defensa Aérea Almirante José María García y 1 persona más en la Estación de Radar de Altos de Irapa. También se conoció de la muerte de una mujer (su hija resultó herida) en el municipio El Hatillo, al sur de la capital venezolana, en una casa en las inmediaciones de la montaña “El Volcán”, donde está una serie de antenas de transmisión. La mujer fue identificada como Johanna Sierra. Así mismo, se confirmó la muerte de Rosa González de 78 años de edad, quien vivía en el bloque 12 en la prolongación Soublette en Catia La Mar, un urbanismo aledaño a la zona atacada en la Meseta de Mamo, en las instalaciones militares de la Armada venezolana. Lee El diario The New York Times reportó que habían muerto 40 personas, según una fuente anónima del Gobierno de Venezuela, pero no reveló los nombres de las víctimas. Los bombardeos también dejaron un número indetermiado de heridos, y posiblemente más personas muertas. Sin embargo, las autoridades venezolanas no han suministrado información sobre las víctimas. Los ataques también dejaron decenas de heridos. Según un reporte de hospitales que realiza la Red de Médicos en Venezuela hasta las 14:00 horas del 3 de enero se había registrado el ingreso de 90 personas heridas a distintos hospitales del Distrito Capital, producto de los bombardeos. El Hospital Militar Dr. Carlos Arvelo recibió 60 lesionados y 30 más en el Hospitalito de Fuerte Tiuna. La asociación también advierte que varios fallecidos aún no han sido contabilizados.
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Yolanda Rodríguez Sierra, a businesswoman from Cartagena, was killed when a missile struck her home in the municipality of El Hatillo, Miranda state. A Colombian woman, identified as Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, died during the bombing in Venezuela as part of the US military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro. The death toll from the incursion has now reached 80, including civilians and members of the security forces, according to The New York Times. Rodríguez Sierra is believed to be the first Colombian citizen identified as a victim of this attack. Missile struck her home in El Hatillo. According to local media reports, Rodríguez Sierra, a 45-year-old businesswoman from Cartagena, died after a missile struck her home in the municipality of El Hatillo, Miranda state. The attack, which apparently targeted telecommunications antennas near her home, turned a quiet night into a scene of war. Amid the chaos, her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Corina Morales Sierra, managed to contact relatives in Bolívar to report what had happened: “They are attacking us, my mother is already dead,” the young woman recounted, who was also injured in the leg during the explosion. According to Ana Frías, a resident of Bayunca, speaking to the newspaper El Universal, “Yohana and Ana Corina were together at home, sleeping, when they heard an explosion around 1:00 a.m. They got up scared and ran to the patio of the house. There, a missile from an airplane landed on them. It hit Yohana in the back and she died instantly, while Ana Corina was hit in the leg and another part of her body, which allowed her to call for help. She is currently recovering from her injuries.” Relatives denounce the impact of the bombing. Yohana's relatives expressed their grief and Outrage has gripped the nation, questioning the actions of the United States and deeming such a massive bombing unnecessary. “We’re told there are more wounded and dead in El Hatillo, but the press hasn’t reported it; there would be many dead in the attack, even in Caracas,” relatives of the victim told the media outlet. Adding to Yohana’s tragic death is the inability to give her a proper farewell. Family members quoted by El Universal commented that they will have to watch her funeral via a live stream on their phones, “because the body cannot be repatriated since it was a war death.” “It’s very sad for her two children, who live in Spain and Cali (Colombia), since they won’t be able to enter Venezuela because there’s no access at the moment,” they told the Cartagena-based newspaper. Yohana had lived in Venezuela for several years and supported her family by trading goods between Colombia and the neighboring country. (Taken from El Colombiano.)

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La comerciante Yolanda Rodríguez Sierra, oriunda de Cartagena, perdió la vida luego de que un misil impactara su vivienda en el municipio de El Hatillo, estado Miranda.Una mujer colombiana, identificada como Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, perdió la vida durante el bombardeo registrado en Venezuela en el marco de la operación militar de Estados Unidos para capturar a Nicolás Maduro.El saldo de la incursión ya asciende a 80 personas fallecidas, entre civiles y miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, según reportó The New York Times. Rodríguez Sierra sería la primera ciudadana colombiana identificada como víctima de este ataque.Misil impactó su vivienda en El HatilloSegún reportaron medios locales, Rodríguez Sierra, comerciante de 45 años oriunda de Cartagena, murió tras el impacto de un misil en su vivienda en el municipio de El Hatillo, perteneciente a Estado Miranda. El ataque, que al parecer tenía como objetivo antenas de telecomunicaciones cercanas a su vivienda, convirtió una noche tranquila en un escenario de guerra.En medio del caos, su hija Ana Corina Morales Sierra, de 22 años, logró comunicarse con familiares en Bolívar para informar lo ocurrido: “Nos están atacando, ya mi mamá está muerta”, relató la joven, quien también resultó herida en una pierna durante la explosión.Según contó Ana Frías, residente de Bayunca, al diario El Universal, “Yohana y Ana Corina estaban juntas en la casa, durmiendo, cuando escucharon una explosión alrededor de la 1:00 de la madrugada. Se levantaron asustadas y corrieron al patio de la vivienda. Allí les cayó un misil proveniente de un avión. A Yohana la impactó por la espalda y murió de inmediato, mientras que Ana Corina recibió impactos en una pierna y otra parte del cuerpo, lo que le permitió llamar y pedir ayuda. Actualmente se recupera de las heridas”.Familiares denuncian el impacto del bombardeoLos familiares de Yohana expresaron su dolor e indignación, cuestionando la acción de Estados Unidos y considerando que un bombardeo de tal magnitud no era necesario. “Nos cuentan que en El Hatillo hay más personas heridas y fallecidas, pero la prensa no lo ha informado; serían muchos los muertos en el ataque, incluso en Caracas”, señalaron allegados a la víctima a ese medio.A la trágica muerte de Yohana se suma la imposibilidad de despedirla como corresponde. Familiares citados por El Universal, comentaron que les tocará ver su sepelio por medio de una transmisión en vivo, vía telefónica, “porque el cuerpo no puede ser repatriado debido a que fue una muerte de guerra”.“Es muy lamentable para sus dos hijos, que viven en España y Cali (Colombia), ya que no podrán entrar a Venezuela porque no hay acceso en estos momentos”, dijeron al medio cartagenero.Yohana vivía en Venezuela desde hace varios años y lograba sostener a su familia a través del comercio de productos entre Colombia y el país vecino.Tomado de El Colombiano.
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Dear Reader Access to the content will be enabled immediately after the announcement. A flood of reactions, feelings, and opinions surrounds the world following the execution of Operation Absolute Resolve, carried out by the United States in the early hours of Saturday, January 3, in Venezuela, which led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. There are celebrations for the fall of the president, labeled a dictator, tyrant, and drug trafficker; as well as positive assessments of US President Donald Trump's decision to enter Venezuelan soil and arrest Maduro. Read: The federal prison where Nicolás Maduro is being held: “A Hell on Earth” Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00 Duration -:- Remaining Time 0:00 Close ✕ While everyone is expressing their emotions and opinions, a family in Bolívar, Colombia, is experiencing its own tragedy amidst tears and helplessness. They have lost a wonderful loved one, and for them, nothing can justify it, much less console them. Yohana Rodríguez, the woman from Cartagena who lost her life in a bombing in Venezuela. Photo authorized by her family. That incredible person was Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, a 45-year-old woman from Cartagena, who worked independently. She was a single mother who, with her love, effort, and daily work, raised her three children in Venezuela, where she had lived for several years and where she met her death amidst the United States bombing aimed at capturing Maduro. The family of the woman from Cartagena who died in the United States bombing speaks out. Photograph showing a burned-out military vehicle after being hit at the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base, also known as La Carlota, this Saturday in Caracas, Venezuela. EFE/Miguel Gutierrez “Yohana was a good, hardworking, noble, cheerful, and resilient woman. She spent her time traveling between Caracas and Colombia. She was born here but always sought new opportunities, which is why she settled in Venezuela many years ago. At the time of her death, she was living in a large house on a farm in the municipality of El Hatillo, in the state of Miranda,” said Ana, a relative of Yohana. She added, “There were television and telecommunications antennas there, and they were the first ones the U.S. planes bombed. It was 1:00 a.m. when Yohana heard the explosion. She was sleeping with her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Corina, and they were frightened, so they ran out of the house into the yard. That's when a missile hit them.” Yohana died, and her daughter, Ana Corina, was injured. Amid her grief, Ana, the relative, recounts that it was Ana Corina who alerted them to what was happening. “They lived alone there in that country, and we were always in touch. The moment the missile hit them, Ana, who was injured, grabbed a cell phone and called us. She said, ‘They’re killing us, they killed my mom, I don’t know what’s happening, but I don’t think we’ll ever see each other again.’ It was horrible; nobody knew what was going on,” the relative recounted. She added, “Yohana died instantly, but Ana Corina survived and was taken to a hospital. Now she’s out of danger. We have information that there were several deaths in that area, not just my relative. The press hasn’t revealed it, but many people lost their lives that day.” The unusual photo of Nicolás Maduro posing with DEA agents. // Photo: taken from X @VozMediaUSA. “Many innocent people, like Yohana, ended up being victims.” The relatives of Yohana and Ana Corina, residents of Cartagena, Bayunca, Clemencia, and San Jacinto, condemn the violent way in which their relative lost her life. They assert that the United States government acted deliberately, but without respect for civilians, sovereignty, or life. “We know they already knew where Maduro was, so we don't understand why they attacked locations surrounded by civilians, while they slept, when they had already located their target. It's a government without a conscience, without respect for the innocent, because there are more than 100 dead at this time. They wanted to exert their power by any means necessary,” he stated. Adding to the tragic death is the inability to properly say goodbye to Yohana. “We will have to watch her funeral via live stream, by phone, because we cannot repatriate her body since it was a war-related death. It is very sad for her two children who live in Spain and Cali (Colombia) because they will not be able to enter Venezuela since there is no access at the moment,” he recounted. Another relative said that “Yohana and Ana Corina had not been to Colombia for two years, but last December they bought tickets to come back. They wanted to celebrate Ana's nursing graduation; however, they couldn't travel due to the recent diplomatic problems. They postponed the trip until February, and now it won't happen.” Rubio clarifies that the U.S. will manage the “direction” that Venezuela will take without Maduro. // Photo: EFE/EPA/NICOLE COMBEAU / POOL. The family shares their tragedy so that the world knows another side of the story and so that everyone knows that Yohana, a great mother, sister, cousin, and woman, died in an incident in which she had no involvement.

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Estimado lector El acceso al contenido se habilitará inmediatamente después del anuncio. Una avalancha de reacciones, sentimientos y opiniones rodean al mundo tras la ejecución de la operación ‘Resolución Absoluta’ desarrollada por estados Unidos, en la madrugada del sábado 3 de enero en Venezuela y que permitió la captura de Nicolás Maduro y su esposa Cilia Flores.Hay celebraciones por la caída del presidente catalogado como dictador, tirano y narcotraficante; además de consideraciones positivas por la decisión del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump de entrar a suelo venezolano y detener a Maduro. Lea: La prisión federal donde está Nicolás Maduro: “Un infierno en la Tierra” Video Player is loading.Current Time 0:00Duration -:-Remaining Time 0:00 Close ✕ Mientras todos lanzan sus emociones y opiniones al viento, una familia en Bolívar (Colombia) vive su propia tragedia en medio del llanto y la impotencia. Han perdido a un ser querido maravilloso y para ellos no hay nada que lo justifique y mucho menos que los consuele.Yohana Rodríguez, la cartagenera que perdió la vida en bombardeo en Venezuela. Foto autorizada por su familia.Ese ser increíble era la cartagenera Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, de 45 años, y dedicada al comercio independiente. Era una madre soltera que con su amor, esfuerzo y trabajo diario sacó a sus tres hijos adelante en Venezuela, donde vivía desde hacía varios años y donde la encontró la muerte en medio del bombardeo de Estados Unidos para la captura de Maduro.Hablan los familiares de la cartagenera muerta en el bombardeo de Estados UnidosFotografía que muestra un vehículo militar incinerado luego de ser impactado en la Base Aérea Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda, también conocida como La Carlota este sábado, en Caracas (Venezuela). EFE/ Miguel Gutierrez“Yohana era una mujer buena, trabajadora, noble, alegre y luchadora. Pasaba viajando entre Caracas y Colombia. Ella nació aquí pero siempre buscó nuevas oportunidades, por eso hace muchos años se instaló en Venezuela. En estos momentos vivía en una quinta (casa grande) ubicada en una finca del municipio de El Hatillo, en el Estado de Miranda”, contó Ana, familiar de Yohana.Añadió que “en ese lugar habían unas antenas de televisión y telecomunicaciones y fueron las primeras que los aviones estadounidenses bombardearon. Era la 1 de la madrugada cuando Yohana escuchó la explosión. Ella dormía con su hija Ana Corina, de 22 años, y se asustaron por lo que salieron de la casa al patio, fue entonces cuando un misil las alcanzó”.Yohana murió y su hija Ana Corina resultó herida.En medio del dolor Ana, la pariente, narra que fue justamente la joven Ana Corina quien les avisó lo que pasaba. “Ellas vivían solas allá en ese país y siempre nos comunicábamos. En el momento que las impactó el misil, Ana, quien quedó herida, cogió un celular y nos llamó. Nos decía ‘nos están matando, mataron a mi mamá, no sé qué pasa pero creo que no nos veremos más’. Fue algo horrible, nadie sabía qué ocurría”, relató la familiar.Agregó que “Yohana murió al instante, pero Ana Corina sobrevivió y fue llevada a un hospital. Ahora está fuera de peligro. Tenemos información que en ese sector hubo varios muertos, no solo mi familiar. La prensa no ha revelado pero son muchas las personas que perdieron la vida ese día”.La insólita foto de Nicolás Maduro posando junto a agentes de la DEA. // Foto: tomada de X @VozMediaUSA.“Fueron muchos los inocentes, como Yohana, los que resultaron siendo víctimas”Los parientes de Yohana y Ana Corina, residentes entre Cartagena, Bayunca, Clemencia y San Jacinto, rechazan la manera violenta en que su familiar perdió la vida. Aseguran que el gobierno de Estados Unidos actuó consciente, pero sin respeto por los civiles, por la soberanía y por la vida.“Tenemos conocimiento de que ellos ya sabían dónde estaba Maduro, entonces no entendemos por qué atacaron puntos rodeados de civiles, mientras dormían, cuando ya tenían localizado su objetivo. Es un gobierno sin conciencia humana, sin respeto por los inocentes porque son más de 100 los muertos en estos momentos. Ellos querían ejercer su poder como fuera”, afirmó.A la trágica muerte se suma no poder despedir como se debe a Yohana. “Nos va tocar ver su sepelio por medio de una transmisión en vivo, vía telefónica, porque el cuerpo no lo podemos repatriar debido a que fue una muerte de guerra. Es muy lamentable para sus dos hijos que viven en España y Cali (Colombia) porque no van a poder entrar a Venezuela ya que no hay acceso en estos momentos”, relató.Otro allegado contó que “Yohana y Ana Corina tenían dos años sin venir a Colombia, pero en el mes de diciembre pasado compraron tiquetes para venir, querían celebrar la graduación de enfermería de Ana; sin embargo, no pudieron viajar por los problemas diplomáticos recientes. Dejaron el viaje para febrero y ya no se dará”.Rubio aclara que EE.UU. gestionará la "dirección" en la que se moverá Venezuela sin Maduro. // Foto: EFE/EPA/NICOLE COMBEAU / POOL.La familia comparte su tragedia para que el mundo conozca otro lado de la historia y para que todos sepan que Yohana, una gran madre, hermana, prima y mujer, murió en un hecho en el que nada tenía que ver.

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Photographs released by Reuters show a damaged house in El Hatillo, southeast of Caracas, following a U.S. military operation. According to reports cited by the news agency, one resident was killed and another wounded in the incident. The house is located near a transmission tower that was one of the targets of the operation.

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Fotografías difundidas por la agencia Reuters muestran una vivienda dañada en El Hatillo, al sureste de Caracas, tras una operación militar estadounidense. En el hecho, un residente murió y otro resultó herido, según reportes citados por el medio. La casa se encuentra en las inmediaciones de una torre de transmisión que fue uno de los objetivos del operativo.

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Sunday, 4th January 2026, 19:18 UTCMaikel Linares, nephew of Carlos Bracho, hugs family member Yine Barón near the rubble after a U.S. airstrike destroyed a TV and telephone tower that collapsed onto his home, killing a neighbor and injuring her daughter in the same attack, according to resident Carlos Bracho, in El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Maxwell BricenoImageCreate an account to licenseDetailsDimensions & Size2896 x 3594 / 4.4MBCreditREUTERSSourceREUTERSUSNRC2EUIASDGIFBylineMaxwell Briceno

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Maikel Linares, nephew of Carlos Bracho, hugs family member Yine Barón near the rubble after a U.S. airstrike destroyed a TV and telephone tower that collapsed onto his home, killing a neighbor and injuring her daughter in the same attack, according to resident Carlos Bracho, in El Hatillo, on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela. January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Maxwell BricenoImageCreate an account to licenseDetailsDimensions & Size2896 x 3594 / 4.4MBCreditREUTERSSourceREUTERSUSNRC2EUIASDGIFBylineMaxwell Briceno

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As of January 5, 2026, the Monitor de Víctimas (Victims Monitor) and La Hora de Venezuela (The Hour of Venezuela) recorded 55 deaths during the United States attack on Caracas, Miranda, and La Guaira in the early hours of January 3, which resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Among the victims were 32 Cubans who “were carrying out missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of their counterparts in that country,” according to a statement issued by Havana authorities on January 4. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel decreed two days of mourning. Following this pronouncement, the Venezuelan Ministry of the Interior and Justice published a statement paying tribute to the Cuban combatants without mentioning the casualties within the National Armed Forces. Two days after the U.S. military incursion, authorities have not released the total number of military or civilian victims. Nor have they published any official statements or decrees of mourning on their official accounts. According to monitoring by Monitor de Víctimas, at least 22 of the 55 dead were Venezuelan military personnel. Rosa Helena González was one of the civilians who died in the early morning of January 3rd during the bombing in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state. A missile struck the building in the Rómulo Gallegos housing complex where she lived. She was about to turn 80 years old. “In the early morning, we heard the detonations, and the entire building shook with the explosions. We are separated from the Mamo Plateau (where the Marine Corps base is located, which was also bombed) by a mountain, and that's why we decided to evacuate the building. Most people had already left when the missile that hit the building exploded,” neighbor Jonathan Mayora told La Hora de Venezuela. The victim spent more than half her life in building 12 of the Rómulo Gallegos housing complex on Soublette Avenue in Catia La Mar, the most populated parish on Venezuela's central coast. Her neighbors remember her as a hardworking woman and a community member. “Mrs. Rosa hadn't come out. We went to help her. She was injured, but she told us to help her get out, that she was getting better. That wasn't the case. We took her straight to the small hospital (Dr. Alfredo Machado Hospital, located on the same avenue), but she didn't make it and died there,” added the witness, who also lost his home in the explosion. Rosa Helena's family told La Hora de Venezuela that the death certificate lists the cause of death as a myocardial infarction. Death in El Volcán The other woman who died was Yohanna Rodríguez Sierra, a 45-year-old Colombian woman born in Cartagena. Yohanna worked in a house located less than a kilometer from the transmission antennas that serve the military, television stations, and telecommunications companies in the El Volcán sector of Miranda state. She lived with her 22-year-old daughter, Ana Corina Morales, who was also injured. “Yohanna, whom we love dearly, decided to go out and see what was happening in El Volcán,” said a relative of the owners of the El Topito residence, which is connected internally to the sector where the repeater towers are located. “Her daughter asked her not to leave, but she insisted on going because she was determined to take pictures of what was happening,” the relative added. In El Volcán, there are at least six small houses where the antenna caretakers live. On the morning of the attack, only one worker was on duty because the rest had not yet returned from their New Year's holiday. Yohanna arrived at the site just as the second missile struck and was hit in the chest by projectiles that caused her death, according to her daughter's account to the relatives of the owners of the house she was looking after with her mother. Yohanna's daughter sustained minor injuries. She was treated at Dr. Domingo Luciani Hospital in El Llanito and later discharged. Four Soldiers Identified The identities of four more Venezuelan soldiers killed in the U.S. bombing of Fort Tiuna have been released: Sergeants Eliannys Camacho, 22, and Yorlianny Michel Delgado Suárez; Captain Moisés Sequera; and Eduardo Soto Libre, whose rank is currently unknown. These cases bring the total number of identified deaths from the attacks to 23. The names of the other officials killed in the attack, which were published on January 4, are: Jeampier Josue Parra Parra, Franyerson Javier Hurtado Ortuño, José Ángel Ilarraza González, Jerry Antonio Aguilera Velásquez, Franco Abrahan Contreras Tochon, and Isaac Enrique Tovar Lamont, who were part of the Honor Guard of the 6th Presidential Security Battalion; as well as Lieutenant Yendis Cristofer Gregorio Barreto and Corporal Luis Enrry López Sánchez. Both belonged to the same unit. From Bravo Squadron, also attached to the Presidential Security Battalion, the victims are Lerwis Geovanny Rivero Chirinos and Richard Rodríguez Bellorín. The victims from the 3rd Custody Battalion are Sergeants Anaís Katherine Molina Goenaga and Alejandra Del Valle Oliveros Velásquez, as well as Carlos Julio Quiñónez Perozo, a bodyguard. Two students from the Military Academy, Jhonatan Alexander Cordero Moreno (distinguished) and Saúl Abrahan Pereira Martínez, are among the deceased. Also among the dead are First Lieutenant Deimar Elizabeth Páez Torres of the Military Aviation, who was at the Tettra Network Teleport, located at the National Armed Forces Communications Directorate in Fort Tiuna; and Lenin Osorio Ramírez, son of Soraida Ramírez, president of the Autonomous Institute National Council for the Human Rights of Children and Adolescents (IDENNA). It was reported that there were 25 bodies at the Military Hospital. It is possible that some of these correspond to the 23 already mentioned or to the 32 Cubans. The two women lived in areas near the bombed locations. A compilation and verification effort by Venezuelan journalists allowed for the identification of 23 of the people killed in the US attacks.

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Hasta el 5 de enero de 2026, Monitor de Víctimas y La Hora de Venezuela registran 55 muertos durante el ataque de Estados Unidos sobre Caracas, Miranda y La Guaira ocurrido la pasada madrugada del 3 de enero, que terminó con la captura de Nicolás Maduro y su esposa, Cilia Flores.  Entre las víctimas hay 32 cubanos que “cumplían misiones en representación de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias y el Ministerio del Interior, a solicitud de los órganos homólogos de ese país”, según un comunicado suscrito por las autoridades de La Habana el 4 de enero. El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel, decretó dos días de duelo. Tras este pronunciamiento, el Ministerio de Interior y Justicia de Venezuela publicó un comunicado para rendir homenaje a los combatientes cubanos sin hacer mención a las bajas de la Fuerza Armada Nacional. Dos días después de la incursión militar estadounidense, las autoridades no han dado a conocer el total de víctimas militares o civiles. Tampoco han divulgado en las cuentas oficiales notas o decretos de duelo. De acuerdo con el monitoreo realizado por Monitor de Víctimas, al menos 22 de las 55 muertos eran funcionarios militares venezolanos. Rosa Helena González es una de las civiles que murió la madrugada del 3 de enero durante el bombardeo en Catia La Mar, estado La Guaira. Un misil impactó el edificio de la urbanización Rómulo Gallegos, en donde residía. Estaba próxima a cumplir 80 años de edad.  “En la madrugada escuchamos las detonaciones y el bloque se estremeció por completo con las explosiones. A nosotros nos separa una montaña de la Meseta de Mamo (donde está ubicada la Infantería de Marina, que también fue bombardeada) y por eso decidimos evacuar el edificio. La mayoría había salido cuando el misil que impactó en el edificio explotó”, contó el vecino Jonathan Mayora a La Hora de Venezuela. La víctima pasó más de la mitad de su vida en el bloque 12 de la urbanización Rómulo Gallegos de la avenida Soublette de Catia La Mar, la parroquia más poblada del litoral central venezolano. Sus vecinos la recuerdan como una mujer trabajadora y colaboradora con la comunidad.  “La señora Rosa no había salido. Nosotros la fuimos a ayudar. Estaba golpeada, pero nos dijo que la ayudáramos a salir, que ella mejoraba. No fue así. La llevamos directo al hospitalito (el hospital Dr. Alfredo Machado, ubicado en la misma avenida), pero no aguantó y allí murió”, agrega el testigo que también perdió su vivienda por la explosión. La familia de Rosa Helena relató a La Hora de Venezuela que en el acta de defunción la causa de muerte indica que tuvo un infarto al miocardio. Muerte en El Volcán  La otra mujer fallecida es Yohanna Rodríguez Sierra, colombiana de 45 años de edad nacida en Cartagena. Yohanna trabajaba en una vivienda ubicada a menos de un kilómetro de donde funcionan las antenas de transmisión que sirven al sector militar, televisoras y empresas de telecomunicaciones en el sector El Volcán, estado Miranda.   Ella vivía con su hija Ana Corina Morales, de 22 años, quien también resultó herida. “Yohanna muy querida por nosotros, decidió salir a ver qué estaba pasando en El Volcán”, contó un familiar de los propietarios de la residencia El Topito, que se comunica internamente con el sector donde están ubicadas las torres repetidoras. “La hija le pidió que no se moviera, pero ella insistió en ir porque estaba decidida a tomar fotos de lo que estaba pasando”, agregó. En el Volcán hay al menos seis pequeñas casas, donde viven cuidadores de las antenas. La madrugada del ataque solo estaba un trabajador de guardia porque el resto no había regresado aún de los días libres por la fiesta de Año Nuevo. Yohanna llegó al sitio en el momento en que cayó el segundo misil y fue alcanzada por objetos en el pecho que le causaron la muerte, según relató la hija a los familiares de los dueños de la casa que cuidaba con su mamá. La hija de Yohanna tuvo heridas leves. Fue atendida en el Hospital Dr. Domingo Luciani de El Llanito y posteriormente dada de alta. Cuatro militares muertos identificados Se conocieron las identidades de otros cuatro militares venezolanos que murieron en el bombardeo de Estados Unidos en Fuerte Tiuna: las sargentas Eliannys Camacho, de 22 años de edad; y Yorlianny Michel Delgado Suárez; el capitán Moisés Sequera y Eduardo Soto Libre, cuyo rango se desconoce hasta el momento. Con estos casos suman 23 los muertos en los ataques que han sido identificados. Los nombres de los otros funcionarios muertos en el ataque y que se habían publicado el pasado 4 de enero son: Jeampier Josue Parra Parra, Franyerson Javier Hurtado Ortuño, José Ángel Ilarraza González, Jerry Antonio Aguilera Velásquez, Franco Abrahan Contreras Tochon e Isaac Enrique Tovar Lamont, quienes eran parte de la Guardia de Honor del Batallón de Seguridad Presidencial número 6; así como el teniente Yendis Cristofer Gregorio Barreto y el cabo segundo Luis Enrry López Sánchez. Ambos pertenecían al mismo componente. Del Escuadrón Bravo, también adscrito al Batallón de Seguridad Presidencial, las víctimas son Lerwis Geovanny Rivero Chirinos y Richard Rodríguez Bellorín. Las víctimas del Batallón de Custodia número 3 son las sargentas Anaís Katherine Molina Goenaga y Alejandra Del Valle Oliveros Velasquez, así como el guardia de Carlos Julio Quiñónez Perozo. Dos alumnos de la Academia Militar, Jhonatan Alexander Cordero Moreno (distinguido) y Saúl Abrahan Pereira Martínez, están entre los fallecidos. Asimismo, se suma la primera teniente de la Aviación Militar, Deimar Elizabeth Páez Torres, quien estaba en el Telepuerto de la Red Tettra, ubicada en la Dirección de Comunicaciones de la Fuerza Armada Nacional en Fuerte Tiuna; y Lenin Osorio Ramírez, hijo de Soraida Ramírez, presidenta del Instituto Autónomo Consejo Nacional de Derechos Humanos de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (IDENNA). Se conoció que en el hospital Militar había 25 cadáveres. Es posible que algunos correspondan a los 23 ya mencionados o a los 32 cubanos. Las dos mujeres vivían en zonas cercanas a los lugares que fueron bombardeados. Un trabajo de recopilación y verificación hecho por periodistas venezolanos permitió identificar a 23 de las personas muertas en los ataques de EE UU
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Part of the telecommunications systems destroyed in the Cerro El Volcán area, on the outskirts of Caracas, on the Oripoto road in Los Guayabitos, El Volcán Sector, Baruta – Miranda State. Coordinates 10.416374, -66.849306

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Parte de los sistemas de telecomunicaciones destruídos en la zona del Cerro El Volcan a las afueras de Caracas, en la vía Oripoto de Los Guayabitos, Sector El Volcán, Baruta –Edo. Miranda Coordenadas 10.416374,-66.849306

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A single mum who raised her three children alone was killed by a missile in the US attack on Venezuela after trying to get her injured daughter to safety. Yohana Rodriguez Sierra, 45, from Colombia, died instantly in Saturday's early-hours attack and her nurse daughter Ana Corina Morales, 22, was rushed to hospital with leg wounds. The street seller’s heartbroken family described her as a “good woman” after telling how injured Ana phoned them during the bombing to say: “They’re killing us, they’ve killed my mum.” Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who has condemned the US action which led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, raged: “Donald Trump, under your internationally illegal orders, an innocent Colombian and Caribbean mother full of dreams for her daughter was murdered.” Yohana was born in the port city of Cartagena on Colombia’s Caribbean coast but emigrated to Venezuela several years ago. Two missiles are said to have fallen on the house where she and her daughter were sleeping near TV towers in El Hatillo, one of the five municipalities of Caracas, when the American bombardment began. The explosion from the first missile is understood to have woken them violently and the second fell as they sought refuge in their patio. #NewsForYou

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