Caracas: Venezuela’s vice president has demanded that the U.S. show proof that Venezuelan President Nicol¡s Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores are alive, APA reports, citing NBC NEWS. Speaking via phone call on state television station Venezolana de Televisi³n (VTV), Delcy Rodrguez said the whereabouts of Maduro and the first lady are unknown. Her remarks followed Trump’s announcement on social media that the United States captured Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Rodrguez stated, ‘In the face of this brutal situation and in the face of this brutal attack, we do not know the whereabouts of President Nicol¡s Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores. We demand from the government of President Donald Trump immediate proof of life of President Maduro and of the first lady.’
Rodrguez condemned the attack on Venezuela and said officials, soldiers and civilians had been killed. An official tally of casualties has not been released.