{"id":321684,"date":"2026-01-08T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321684"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:22:06","slug":"venezuela-holds-mass-funeral-for-soldiers-killed-in-us-military-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321684","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela holds mass funeral for soldiers killed in US military operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/d2udx5iz3h7s4h.cloudfront.net\/2026\/1\/8\/Reuters\/image\/2026_01_08T005110Z_323985938_RC2IWIAYCJJI_RTRMADP_3_USA_VENEZUELA.JPG?width=1440&amp;format=webp&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Venezuela buries soldiers killed by US during Maduro abduction raid\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CARACAS, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; <strong>Venezuela\u2019s military has begun burying dozens of soldiers killed in a United States military operation, holding a mass funeral in the capital, Caracas. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men carried wooden caskets draped in the Venezuelan flag, passing rows of uniformed officers. Singing echoed from a church as music from a military orchestra filled the air, while grieving families and soldiers marched behind the coffins. Other vehicles carrying caskets were covered in flowers, as relatives waited to pay their respects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony continued at a state-owned cemetery in a low-income neighborhood in the south of the city. Armed National Guard members patrolled the grounds while families completed burial paperwork ahead of the funerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s military says at least 24 security officers were killed during the overnight U.S. operation to capture President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and take him to the United States to face drug charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Tarek William Saab said \u201cdozens\u201d of officials and civilians were killed, describing the operation as a war crime and announcing an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deaths follow Cuba\u2019s announcement that 32 Cuban military and police officers working in Venezuela were also killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Venezuela\u2019s military said the fallen soldiers\u2019 blood calls not for revenge, but for justice and strength, vowing to defend the nation\u2019s sovereignty. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS, Jan 8 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; Venezuela\u2019s military has begun burying dozens of soldiers killed in a United States military operation, holding a mass funeral in the capital, Caracas. Men carried wooden caskets draped in the Venezuelan flag, passing rows of uniformed officers. Singing echoed from a church as music from a military orchestra filled the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321684"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321685,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321684\/revisions\/321685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}