By Pedro Portal – Updated January 3, 2026 1:58 PM – Miami Herald – Gift Article

Miami’s Venezuelan community took to the streets in the early hours of Saturday to celebrate the announcement of the capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro, who was flown out of Venezuela along with his wife, after the United States military targeted several locations in Caracas and surrounding areas with airstrikes.

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Here are images of the scene outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Fla.

Talla Mendez expresses her excitement as she joined group of Venezuelan exiles living in South Florida celebrating outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026.

President Donald J. Trump supporters joined a group of Venezuelan exiles living in South Florida celebrating outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com

Cuban exiled Michael Berger waves a Cuban and a Venezuelan flags as he joined a group of Venezuelan exiles living in South Florida celebrating outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com

Starly Vivas was among a group of Venezuelan exiles living in South Florida celebrating outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com

A Cuban exiled woman known as “La Mambisa” prays with a group of Venezuelan exiles living in South Florida celebrating outside of El Arepazo in Doral, Florida, after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, 2026. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com

This story was originally published January 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM.