Cheers and Condemnation Follow Maduro Capture Across Colorado

By Chierstin Roth, Jasmine Arenas | CBS Colorado

President Trump says U.S. forces carried out strikes in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, early Saturday morning and captured Venezuelan leader NicolásMaduro and his wife to be taken to a detention center in Brooklyn, New York, facing narcoterrorism charges.

The capture of Maduro prompted mixed reactions from Venezuelans in Colorado, some of whom lauded his removal, and others who said the U.S. government had no business bombing Venezuela or removing Maduro.

Nelson Altuve moved his family from Venezuela to Denver two years ago.

“We come from so much suffering,” Altuve said. 

He was in search of a better life.

“The violence, the shortages of supplies and food — all of that made us migrate to other countries, including the USA,” he said.

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