# U.S. Resolution Cites Seven Military Deaths in Operation That Captured Maduro in Caracas

*Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-11-12T06:09:32.962Z (48m ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Latin America
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: A resolution introduced by Republican Representative Thomas Massie says seven U.S. military personnel died in the operation that led to the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas, and uses the figure to support an impeachment push against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Seven U.S. military deaths have been formally tied to the operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas, according to a resolution introduced in Congress. The document, put forward by Republican Representative Thomas Massie, is part of his effort to seek impeachment of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The resolution states that seven U.S. service members were killed during the operation that culminated in the capture of Maduro and Flores in the Venezuelan capital. The figure appears in the text Massie submitted and is used there to support his case against Hegseth’s conduct. Earlier reporting had focused on the outcome of the mission itself rather than on U.S. casualties.

Public details about how the raid was carried out remain sparse. The resolution does not specify which branches of the armed forces were involved, how the deaths occurred, or whether they resulted from combat, accidents, or other causes. It places the losses within a broader critique of the defense secretary’s leadership but does not provide further operational evidence beyond the casualty number.

The operation marked a significant escalation in Washington’s approach to Venezuela, moving from economic and diplomatic pressure to a mission that resulted in the capture of the country’s leader and his spouse in Caracas. The disclosure of U.S. fatalities gives that shift a clearer cost in military terms.

Inside the United States, the resolution now links that cost directly to a political drive against the sitting defense secretary. How far Massie’s measure advances, and whether the Pentagon or the White House respond with more detailed casualty information, will help determine whether the operation’s human toll remains primarily a congressional talking point or triggers wider scrutiny of the mission’s planning and oversight.

Abroad, the acknowledgment that U.S. personnel died during the capture of Maduro and Flores provides governments and observers with a more concrete sense of what the Caracas operation entailed. Any further official disclosures about the raid’s legal basis, scale, or circumstances would significantly change how this episode is judged both in Washington and across the region.