Venezuela's military buries soldiers slain in US operation to capture Maduro
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A military officer comforts Ramona Palma, the mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, who was killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after Garcia's wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Members of the military place the coffin of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, into a hearse after his wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Cemetery workers lower the casket of a soldier killed in the U.S. raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife into the ground in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Relatives of soldiers killed in the U.S. raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife mourn during the soldiers' funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Military personnel stand by the coffins of soldiers killed in the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during the soldiers' funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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A military officer comforts Ramona Palma, the mother of Venezuelan soldier Cesar Garcia, who was killed in a U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after Garcia's wake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)