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.
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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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