# U.S. congressional filing says seven American troops died in operation to capture Maduro in Caracas

*Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-11-12T06:18:59.449Z (39m ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Latin America
**Importance**: 8/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: A resolution introduced by Republican congressman Thomas Massie states that seven U.S. service members were killed during the operation in Caracas that ended with the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as part of impeachment charges against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The cost of the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas is now laid out in an official document from Capitol Hill. A resolution filed by Republican congressman Thomas Massie says seven American military personnel were killed during the mission that led to the seizure of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the Venezuelan capital.

The figure appears in the text of Massie’s resolution, which seeks to initiate impeachment proceedings against U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Massie cites the deaths as part of his case against Hegseth’s conduct in authorising and overseeing the operation.

Public debate around the raid in Caracas has largely focused on questions of legality, sovereignty and its impact on relations between the United States and Latin American governments. The disclosure of seven U.S. fatalities adds a documented human toll on the American side.

The resolution, as summarised in the available reporting, does not spell out how or where during the mission the seven service members died, nor does it provide details on casualties among Venezuelan forces or civilians. The operation itself is described only in terms of its outcome: the capture of Maduro and Flores in Caracas.

In Washington, the casualty number gives critics of the raid and of Hegseth’s leadership a specific point to organise around, while supporters of the mission may argue that it removed a leader long accused by the United States of authoritarianism and criminality.

For audiences in Venezuela and across the region, the acknowledgment that U.S. troops died during an operation on Venezuelan soil reinforces perceptions of the raid as a major use of American military power in Latin America.

Whether Massie’s resolution advances in Congress will determine how much more of the operation’s planning, authorisation and on‑the‑ground execution becomes public. Hearings triggered by an impeachment process could bring further operational details to light; if the measure stalls, the seven deaths may remain documented primarily in the language of this single congressional filing.