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What event reportedly occurred on January 3 that escalated the crisis?

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That's correct. U.S. special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026. This represented a dramatic escalation from tanker seizures to regime decapitation—essentially a coup....

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