Global figures

Case impact in numbers

The headline figures of the U.S. federal case against Nicolás Maduro, each one tied to the public record. Numbers that move with time are recalculated live.

Days in U.S. federal custody

Global figures

  • 15

    People charged in the 2020 indictment

    Maduro and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials were charged together.

    U.S. Department of Justice
  • S.D.N.Y.

    Court hearing the case

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Manhattan.

    U.S. Department of Justice
  • Jan 3, 2026

    Reported start of U.S. federal custody

    The date the live counter on this site runs from.

    The Associated Press
  • Sep 2, 2026

    Motion to dismiss filed

    The defense asked the judge to throw out the charges on head-of-state immunity grounds.

    Reuters
  • PDF

    Primary court filing published

    The full motion to dismiss is available to read in the original.

    Court filing (DocumentCloud)

The January 3 operation, in numbers

Figures reported by U.S. officials and by the Venezuelan and Cuban governments. Casualty counts come from different sides and have not been independently reconciled.

  • ~2.5 hours

    Length of the operation on the ground

    Months of planning; the raid itself was over in about two and a half hours.

    The Guardian
  • Jan 3, 2026 — pre-dawn

    When it happened (local time, Caracas)

    Strikes and the extraction took place in the early hours of Saturday. No official minute-by-minute start time has been released.

    The Washington Post — visual timeline
  • Fuerte Tiuna

    Where Maduro and Cilia Flores were seized

    Venezuela's largest military complex, in Caracas.

    The Guardian
  • 150+

    U.S. aircraft involved

    Figure given by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine. A separate helicopter-only count has not been released.

    ABC News
  • 7 injured

    U.S. troops hurt (five since recovered)

    Pentagon figure. No U.S. deaths have been reported.

    CNBC / Pentagon
  • 47 soldiers

    Venezuelan troops killed, per its Defence Ministry

    Nine of them women. An earlier army count put security-force deaths at 24.

    Al Jazeera
  • 32 Cubans

    Cuban citizens killed, per the Cuban government

    Havana's official count for the extraction operation.

    Reuters
  • 100+ claimed

    Total deaths claimed by Venezuela's interior minister

    Disputed. Wire-service tallies put the confirmed toll far lower — at least 56 as of January 6.

    CNBC

Some numbers remain disputed or unconfirmed. Figures attributed to a government are labelled as such and are not independent verification.

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