US military studied Maduro's life, including food, clothes and pets

The US military studied the life of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in detail as part of its preparation for the operation in Venezuela and his arrest, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine said on Saturday.

"After months of work by our intelligence team-mates to find Maduro and understand how he moved, where he lived, where he travelled, what he ate, what he wore, what were his pets, in early December our force was set," Caine explained at a press conference with US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

The general did not specify how the intelligence services proceeded in detail. However, the US operation, codenamed "Absolute Resolve," was successful and led to the arrest of the authoritarian president and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Both are to be tried in the US, primarily on charges of drug trafficking.