commandos

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President Emmanuel Macron posted a video of the seizure, which showed commandos rappelling from a helicopter onto the ship.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

In January, US commandos launched a lightning-fast operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro - a longtime ally of Cuba - and bring him to New York to face drug and weapons charges.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Maduro, 63, and wife Cilia Flores have been held in a Brooklyn jail for almost three months after American commandos snatched the pair from their compound in Caracas in early January.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino’s forces folded Jan. 3, when U.S. commandos seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

It was every little fairy’s dream that one day he would grow up to don the stealth-black jumpsuit of the Retrieval commandos.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer