The Venezuela Ministry of Justice Minister denounced the United States on the 3rd (local time) for carrying out a large-scale military operation to capture Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, during which dozens of security personnel and civilians were killed, saying it constituted a war crime.
According to the AP on the 6th, Venezuela Ministry of Justice Minister Tarek William Saab said at a news conference held in the capital, Caracas, that "a military operation carried out without a declaration of war or a United Nations Security Council resolution constitutes an illegal terror attack."
According to Minister Saab, the Venezuela prosecutor's office will investigate this act of war crime by the United States. However, he did not disclose the exact death toll or the nationalities of the dead; earlier, the New York Times (NYT) reported that the tally of those killed in the U.S. attack had risen to 80.
By contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a media interview that no U.S. troops were killed during the operation.
Among the targets of the airstrikes was an apartment building in Catia La Mar, a low-income residential area on the western coast near Caracas Airport, and some residents were reported killed or seriously injured.
The Cuban government said that 32 Cuban nationals were killed during the process of arresting Maduro.