Anything coming from Venezuela at this point should be treated with a grain of salt.
Venezuela’s military officials have reported that 40 people were killed after the U.S. conducted strikes on Venezuela.
President Trump, in his own press conference, revealed that no U.S. service members died during the military operation.
The New York Times reported more details on the Venezuela death toll:
At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe preliminary reports.
President Trump, speaking on Fox News on Saturday, said that no American troops had been killed. He suggested, however, that some service members had been injured. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said later in the day at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago with Mr. Trump that U.S. helicopters moving to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife had come under fire. He said that one helicopter had been hit but “remained flyable,” and that all U.S. aircraft “came home.”