MIAMI, FLORIDA - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez released the following statement following President Donald J. Trump’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro:

"Thank you, President Donald J. Trump, for changing the course of history in our hemisphere. May God bless our brave service members and this great nation. Our country, and the world, are safer because of President Trump’s leadership, resolve, and willingness to confront evil head-on.

"I have just spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and I can say with absolute confidence: today’s decisive action is this hemisphere’s equivalent of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It marks the beginning of the end for narco-terrorist regimes that have terrorized their people, flooded our communities with deadly drugs, and destabilized the Americas.

"As a proud Member of the Armed Services Committee, I could not be prouder of our brave service members who carried out this military operation with precision, courage, and honor. Their service proves once again that American strength, when paired with moral clarity, remains unmatched.

"This is a historic day in Florida, home to the largest Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan exile communities in the nation. We are forever grateful to President Trump and to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. This hemisphere will be the hemisphere of freedom,” said Congressman Carlos A. Gimenez.

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