Venezuela has claimed that at least 100 people were killed in a United States-led operation conducted to capture President Nicolás Maduro. The announcement was made on Wednesday, January 7, by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello. The government had not previously released an official death toll, but the Venezuelan military separately published a list naming 23 dead soldiers. Officials alleged that a significant portion of Maduro’s security forces were deliberately executed during the operation.

Cuba reported that several of its military and intelligence personnel stationed in Venezuela were also killed in the same operation. Cabello stated that during the assault, President Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, was taken and suffered a head injury, while Maduro himself was wounded in the leg. In his weekly program broadcast on state television, Cabello paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, describing them as brave.

The Venezuelan government has declared a week of national mourning starting Tuesday in honor of those killed, according to Cabello’s televised remarks.