President Donald Trump warned the governments of Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia that their countries could be next following the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, according to an Axios report shared by OpenSourceZone on X between 2:45 a.m. and 3:15 a.m. UTC on January 4, 2026. The Axios article, dated January 3, 2026, detailed the warning issued after the invasion. This development occurred during the same 29-minute reporting window in which images emerged showing captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores being escorted to the New York DEA office by DEA SRT operators, as reported by Archer83Able on X. Venezuelan social media channels published notices during the prior window of 15 soldiers killed overnight in Operation Absolute Resolve, per JoeTruzman on X. Video footage shared by teleSURtv via madeleintlSUR on X showed damage to a residential complex in La Guaira, Venezuela, from U.S. attacks. These events build on earlier images of Maduro in handcuffs at a New York airport and his disembarkation at Stewart Air National Guard Base, ahead of his presentation before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein.
