The US reportedly used a powerful sonic weapon against Venezuelan soldiers while capturing Nicolas Maduro, which left them with nose bleeds and vomiting blood, an account shared by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
On Saturday morning, Leavitt took to X to share an interview with an unnamed security guard who claimed to be working the night the US struck Venezuela and took Maduro on drug trafficking charges.
‘Stop what you are doing and read this…’ she wrote, alongside five American flag emojis.
The interview saw the security guard reveal the terrifying capabilities of the mysterious new US military weapon, which he described as a ‘very intense sound wave’ that disabled Venezuelan forces.
Mike Netter, the vice chairman of Rebuild California, first shared the insight on Friday in an X post that received over 15 million views in a day, and he said the apparent use of the sonic weapon ‘explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.’
‘Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside,’ the security guard reportedly said. ‘We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.
‘We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (middle) was captured by the US on January 3
The US implemented a strike against the South American country before taking the alleged criminal
The security guard claimed moments before the raid that snatched Maduro, ‘all our radar systems shut down without any explanation.’ Then eight helicopters arrived and around 20 soldiers descended.
‘They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before,’ the guard claimed.
According to the unverified account, the 20 US soldiers ‘killed hundreds of us.’
President Donald Trump said 150 aircraft took off from 20 bases across the western hemisphere in an operation that had been in the works since August.
White House officials decided they were ready to seize Maduro and his wife last month but had to wait for optimum weather before launching their strike, which took place on January 3.
CIA spies on the ground in Venezuela had been keeping track of Maduro and Flores’ movements, with the security-conscious pair sleeping somewhere different every night in a bid to avoid capture.
Members of Delta Force, the US Army’s most elite unit, flew low by helicopter across the Atlantic and into Venezuelan airspace, supported by a fleet of military aircraft.
Once inside the country’s borders, US planes and drones were able to destroy Venezuelan anti-aircraft defense and cut power lines.
On Saturday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt retweeted an account about the strike, which claimed a sonic weapon had been used to disable Venezuelan forces
‘Stop what you are doing and read this…’ Leavitt wrote, alongside five American flag emojis
Mike Netter, the vice chairman of Rebuild California, first shared the insight on Friday in an X post that received over 15 million views in a day
Delta Force soldiers entered Maduro’s compound at 1:01am ET Saturday. Maduro went to flee to a metal safe room but was seized before he could secure himself inside, Trump said.
He and Flores were then taken by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima warship, where they landed at 3:29am ET.
Venezuelan officials say 80 members of the armed forces and civilians were killed during the capture mission.
One US service member was injured by return fire, but there were no American fatalities.
President Maduro was brought to New York City, where he is being held at a Brooklyn jail on federal charges.
Trump alleged that Maduro is the leader of the Cartel de los Soles, or Cartel of the Suns, drug trafficking operation.
The president has accused Maduro and his alleged cartel cronies of flooding the United States with illegal narcotics and has charged him with drug smuggling and weapons offenses.
Maduro maintained his innocence in New York this week, saying he considered himself a ‘prisoner of war.’
President Donald Trump said 150 aircraft took off from 20 bases across the western hemisphere in an operation that had been in the works since August
Maduro has denied the charges and claimed he is a ‘prisoner of war’
His wife, Cilia Flores, who was also captured, pleaded not guilty as well.
Maduro complained that he had not seen the indictment listing the charges against him prior to his arraignment hearing and added that he had not been made aware of his rights.
The couple were ordered to be held in custody until their next court appearance on March 17.
Trump first indicted the Venezuelan leader in 2020 and seized him from his compound last week after Maduro ignored repeated orders to stand down as president and go into exile, in return for amnesty from criminal charges.
