I. Core Background of the Incident: A Well – Orchestrated “Precision Hunt”

1. Long – term Intelligence Groundwork: Since August 2025, the CIA has deployed a secret team. By leveraging internal informants within the Venezuelan government (from the core circle with access to Maduro’s daily life) and stealth drone surveillance, they have built a comprehensive database covering Maduro’s “daily routine – travel trajectory – security loopholes”.
2. Tactical Precision Replication: The U.S. military created a 1:1 physical model of Fort Tiuna, the “fortress within a fortress” where Maduro resides. They rehearsed the processes of breaking through doors and penetrating defenses repeatedly, and even accurately mastered the steel thickness of the safe room and the weaknesses of its oxygen supply system.
3. Multi – dimensional Coordinated Strike: Over 150 aircraft were deployed to launch a “land – sea – air” coordinated assault. The first step was to destroy signal towers and cut off power supplies, completely paralyzing the regional communication and monitoring systems.

II. Signal and Location Jamming: The Technological Defenses Tactically Suppressed

1. Basic Support Systems Destroyed First: Prior to the raid, the U.S. military directly blew up signal towers near Caracas and cut off power to the Fort Tiuna area. Although Maduro’s residence was equipped with an independent communication system, it could only operate for a short time without external power support. The jamming equipment became ineffective before it could be activated.
2. Structural Flaws in Location Jamming: Even though the “safe room” in Fort Tiuna was wrapped in solid steel and equipped with an independent oxygen supply system, an internal traitor had leaked its exact location and activation mechanism in advance. During the raid, the U.S. military directly targeted and destroyed the jamming devices, turning the safe room into a “cage”.
3. Limitations of Countermeasures: Despite the Cuban security team implementing a “no electronic devices” rule and changing residences every night, the U.S. military learned the “residence – changing pattern” through the traitor. They launched an ultra – low – altitude penetration during the moving gap, evading the jamming facilities at fixed locations.

III. Internal Traitors: A More Fatal “Heart Perforation” Than Technical Loopholes

1. Intelligence Precision Exceeding Defense Threshold: The information provided by the informants was not vague. Instead, it included real – time dynamic details such as “when to enter the safe room, the gap between security shifts beside him, and the maintenance time of jamming equipment”. This allowed the U.S. military to break in precisely during the “time window” when the jamming system was at its most vulnerable.
2. Undermining the Foundation of Trust: Plagued by factional strife within the country, Maduro has long relied on a 32 – member Cuban security team (all from the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces) for core security. However, the traitor came from his “trusted inner circle”, directly bypassing the physical defenses of the Cuban security guards, which was equivalent to installing a “backdoor” in the core of the security system.
3. “Precision Navigation” for Tactical Coordination: When the U.S. military aircraft fleet flew at an ultra – low altitude to avoid radar detection, the traitor provided real – time updates on Maduro’s specific room location. This enabled the raiding force to carry out “point – to – point” arrest in the dark environment with power cut off and no signals.

IV. In – depth Reflection: Technological Defenses Cannot Make Up for Systematic Collapse

1. “One – way Transparency” in Intelligence Defense: Venezuela’s counter – intelligence system failed to detect the CIA’s infiltration that lasted for half a year, and even failed to spot the activities of informants in the core circle, reflecting a complete breakdown of internal monitoring.
2. Paralysis of Emergency Response: Only 2 hours and 20 minutes passed from the destruction of the signal towers to the U.S. military’s break – in into Maduro’s residence. The Venezuelan military did not activate any regional air defense or ground support, which indirectly confirmed that the traitor might have paralyzed the command system.
3. Costs of Strategic Miscalculation: After the escalation of the U.S. military’s “Operation Southern Spear”, Maduro still pinned his hopes on a “resolution through dialogue” and failed to strengthen the jamming systems and emergency plans in a timely manner, ultimately falling prey to the tactical raid.