Venezuela: U.S. Used Mystery Weapons, ‘A.I.-Assisted Bombs’ During Maduro Capture

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López on Thursday claimed that Venezuela was allegedly a “testing ground for the use of unknown weapons” during the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro.

According to Padrino López, a Venezuelan socialist general actively wanted by U.S. authorities on drug trafficking charges, Venezuela was “bombed” with the assistance of “artificial intelligence of the highest level” during Maduro’s capture.

The regime official presided over a military academy handover ceremony in Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex and the location where U.S. Delta Force members captured the now-deposed Venezuelan socialist dictator Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026.

Speaking to Venezuelan military officials, Padrino López asserted that weapons “never before used on a battlefield” were allegedly employed by