India, Jan. 3 -- The US launched a "large-scale strike" against Venezuela early on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump announcing that its President, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife had been captured and transported out of the country following months of intensified pressure from Washington.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on multiple criminal charges, including "narco-terrorism."

Bondi pledged in a social media update that the couple would "soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts".

"Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicholas M...