Of note (precedent?)...Maduro raid and capture occurs exactly 36 years after the capture of Panama's Noriega after US forces were sent into Panama.
Former President George H.W. Bush ordered the U.S. military to invade Panama in late 1989, sending 24,000 troops to topple Noriega's government. The operation left 23 American soldiers dead and hundreds more injured.
Noriega hid out in the Vatican embassy before surrendering to U.S. authorities on January 3, 1990. He was taken to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges. His fall led to the end of Panama's military dictatorship.
Noriega was convicted on drug trafficking charges and spent 20 years in an American prison. He was extradited to France in 2010 to serve a seven-year money laundering sentence. In 2011, he was sent to Panama to complete a 60-year sentence for murder, corruption and embezzlement during the military's three-decade rule.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venzeul...anuel-noriega/