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Satellite Imagery Reveals Damage to Venezuelan Base Where Maduro Was Captured

Satellite Imagery Reveals Damage to Venezuelan Base Where Maduro Was Captured

The New York Times
2026/01/04
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New satellite imagery shows the damage to Fuerte Tiuna, or Fort Tiuna, the military complex where U.S. forces captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday.

Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military base, is built into a mountainside in the south of the capital, Caracas. The base consists primarily of military installations with fortifications and roads winding around the compound.

Before-and-after imagery released on Sunday by Vantor, a Colorado-based space technology company formerly known as Maxar Intelligence, shows that at least five buildings at the complex were destroyed by U.S. forces. Cargo containers, military trucks and trailers were near these structures, although it is not clear what they contained.

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Satellite imagery on Dec. 22 shows buildings, cargo containers and vehicles inside Fuerte Tiuna.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor
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Satellite imagery of the same area on Jan. 3 shows that multiple buildings were destroyed.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor
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Another view of Fuerte Tiuna on Dec. 22.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor
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Imagery of the same area on Jan. 3 shows the destruction of more buildings.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor

A gate and security building in a wooded area near the compound were also destroyed.

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Satellite imagery on Dec. 22 shows a gated security building outside the complex of Fuerte Tiuna.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor
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Imagery on Jan. 3 shows that the security building was destroyed.Credit...Satellite image ©2026 Vantor