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Venezuelan officials say at least two dozen security officers were killed in the U.S.
raid that captured ousted leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Previously, officials in Cuba said 32 of their personnel were also killed in the attack.
NPR's Kerry Kahn reports.
Venezuelan officials are toughening their rhetoric against the U.S.
attack.
In announcing the death toll, Venezuela's Attorney General Tarik Williams-Ahab said that the,
quote, war crimes against officers and civilians would be investigated.
The hardline Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello joined pro-government marchers in a large,
boisterous rally in Caracas condemning what he called the kidnapping of Venezuela's rightful leader.
While acting President, Delcey Rodriguez decried the,
quote, terrible military aggression of the U.S.
And in an apparent rebuke of President Trump's threats she'd stay in line with U.S.