He said there will be a press conference at Mar-a-Lago later Saturday, at 11 a.m. local time.

In a brief phone interview with the New York Times, Trump said “a lot of good planning and lot of great, great troops and great people,” went into the mission to capture Maduro. “It was a brilliant operation, actually,” he added.

Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez demanded “immediate proof” that Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores are alive, according to Venezuelan TV.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU “is closely monitoring the situation” in Venezuela.

“The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr. Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition,” Kallas said in a post on X on Saturday. “Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the U.N. Charter must be respected. We call for restraint,” she said.

U.S. Senator Mike Lee said that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed him in a phone call that Maduro had been “arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.” In a post on X, Lee added that Rubio said “the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant.”