Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, stated on Wednesday night (7) that 100 people died in the US attack that deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday (3).
Caracas had not previously released the death toll, but the Army published a list of 23 names of its dead soldiers.
Venezuelan authorities stated that a large part of Maduro’s security contingent was killed “in cold blood”, and .
Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, was detained with him, Cabello said, and Maduro suffered a leg injury.
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, whom Cabello praised as “courageous” during her weekly program on state television, declared on Tuesday (6) a week of mourning for the soldiers killed in the operation.
