Maduro to stand trial in U.S.

Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told him Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro would stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.

The senator said he had spoken directly with Rubio following what he described as “kinetic action”.

"That the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant," Lee said.

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau also said that Maduro will face "justice".

"A new dawn for Venezuela! The tyrant is gone. He will now - finally - face justice for his crimes," Landau said.

Their remarks came after President Donald Trump said the US "successfully" carried out a "large scale strike" against Venezuela, claiming Maduro and his wife had been "captured and flown out of the country."