U.S. Forces in Venezuela – Airwars

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U.S. Forces in Venezuela

On January 3rd, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a major attack on Venezuela targeting the country’s president Nicolás Maduro, who was ultimately seized and taken to the United States.

This page brings together Airwars’ documentation of civilian harm allegations from the raid, as well as allegations of harm to civilian infrastructure. A detailed methodology note can be found here.

Image: 3DE00K5 Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team

Reporting in the Intercept of Airwars' role referring cases of harm to the US military

How we document harm in Venezuela

Detailed outline of Airwars' methodology with a new and expanded approach

Munitions Identification

Open Source Munitions Portal: Venezuela

A selection of munitions identified in Venezuela by Airwars' sister project

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Incident Date

Incident Code

Location

Vicinity of Oscar Machado Zoluaga Airport, Charallave, Miranda, Venezuela

Two civilians, reportedly air traffic control employees, were killed in their car near the Oscar Machado Zoluaga Airport in Charallave, Venezuela by an alleged U.S. airstrike early in the morning on January 3, 2026. The airstrikes reportedly occurred during U.S. operations to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. According to @venezuelast on Telegram, two people were…

Summary

Civilians reported killed

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Code

Location

La Boyera, Miranda, Venezuela

A home belonging to an elderly woman was reportedly destroyed during an alleged U.S. military attack which struck La Boyera, Venezuela the morning of January 3, 2025. A GoFundMe page was created by Juan Imery who identified himself as the grandson of 78-year-old Elena Berti Cupello whose home was destroyed in Caracas, Venezuela during the…

Summary

12 January 2026

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Code

Location

El Volcán transmission tower, El Hatillo, Miranda, Venezuela

Antena de El Volcán, El Hatillo

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.…

Summary

Communications (TV, Telephone), Agriculture, Residential

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Code

Location

Catia la Mar, La Guaira, Venezuela

An elderly woman was killed and two others, including another woman, were injured by alleged U.S. airstrikes which hit a home in Prolongación Soublette in Catia La Mar, Caracas, Venezuela around 2 a.m. on January 3, 2026. The airstrikes reportedly occurred during U.S. operations to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The New York Times reported…

Summary

Residential (Apartment Building)

Civilians reported killed

Civilians reported injured

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Code

Location

La Guaira Port, La Guaira, Venezuela

Puerto La Guaira

An alleged U.S. military attack destroyed a warehouse with medical supplies in Puerto La Guaira, Venezuela on January 3, 2026. According to @camilapress, the U.S. military bombed a medical supplies distribution center, destroying a warehouse with supplies for dialysis patients. The post specified that the attack affected "patients undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, affecting at…

Summary

12 January 2026

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Code

Location

Panamericana substation and Escuela Militar substation, Caracas, Venezuela

An alleged U.S. military attack struck and damaged multiple electrical substations in Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026. The National Electric Corporation of Venezuela (CORPOELEC) released a statement condemning the attack which "severely damaged the Panamericana 69 kV and Escuela Militar 4.8 kV substations, taking the OAM-Vega Caricuao-Panamericana 1 and 2 69 kV and Junquito-Panamericana…

Summary

12 January 2026

Airstrike and/or Artillery

Resources (Power Station)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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Incident Date

18 December 2025

Incident Code

Location

Unknown (Possibly Venezuela), Venezuela

Summary

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Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Caracas, Venezuela

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas de Venezuela (IVIC)

An alleged U.S. military strike destroyed five research centers which were part of the Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán National University of Sciences in Altos de Pipe, Miranda State, Venezuela on January 3, 2026. The Venezuelan government posted on their website a statement from the Minister of Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez that the U.S. military…

Summary

12 January 2026

Education (University / College)

Causes of Death / Injury

Heavy weapons and explosive munitions

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