Milwaukee Brewers unaware of status of players in Venezuela after US military strikes

The Milwaukee Brewers say they are unaware of the status of several players in Venezuela after the US military conducted strikes on the country and took President Nicolás Maduro into custody.Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold revealed the team is unaware of the status of the players in a statement Saturday. “We don’t have much info at the moment but are trying to follow up,” Arnold said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We know the airports have been shut down but not much beyond that.”The team’s players in Venezuela include star outfielder Jackson Chourio, infielder Andruw Monasterio and catcher Jeferson Quero, according to the outlet.The US military’s recent strike comes after targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.Forces carried out a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela early Saturday morning and took Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife into custody, President Donald Trump confirmed.The president wrote on Truth Social that the operation was successful and Maduro and his wife were “captured and flown out of the country.” Trump said the operation was conducted with US law enforcement.At least seven explosions could be heard in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas early Saturday morning, according to The Associated Press, and low-flying aircraft were seen flying over Caracas at about 2 a.m.

local time.The helicopters flying over Caracas were part of the US Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the “Night Stalkers.”The Venezuelan government said in a statement that “the civilian and military localities of the city of Caracas, capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira” were damaged by the attack.The statement also accused the US of committing a “very serious military aggression” against Venezuela and carrying out “imperialist aggression.”“The objective of this attack is none other than to seize V...