Local security conflict

Hours after ousted President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York courtroom indicted on four criminal counts, and Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was officially sworn in as Venezuela’s interim leader, multiple gunshots were heard in Caracas, near the Presidential palace, Miraflores.
Videos on social media overnight depicted armed police on the streets following the reported firings, though the cause and origin of the exchange have not yet been officially confirmed.
Minister of Justice and regime loyalist Diosdado Cabello, also named as a defendant in the US indictment that alleges Maduro’s criminal activity, appeared in the capital’s streets among heavily armed police officers. He was pictured chanting "loyal always, traitors never!"
In posts to his Instagram, Cabello is said to have presided over public order forces, and reported “total normality in the dark night.”
“The Minister of Interior Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello made a tour of Caracas and found weather of normality in areas like Caricuao, among others,” another post read.
Following Maduro’s extraction from his Caracas compound by US military forces in an audacious operation authorised by US President Donald Trump on Saturday morning, Cabello alongside other regime strongmen appeared to back Rodriguez, as she decried Maduro’s apprehension and repeated prior claims that the US had intervened to gain control of the country’s vast oil wealth.
Rodriguez, constitutionally in line to replace Maduro in the event of his absence, was yesterday sworn in by Venezuela’s National Assembly. As she spoke, she said she came to the Assembly pained by suffering inflicted by the “aggression” and referred to Maduro’s capture as a kidnapping.
Rodriguez was previously deemed cooperative by Trump, who on Saturday claimed she was willing to ‘Make Venezuela Great Again,’ as the US asserted control of the South American country and access to its vast oil reserves. But Rodriguez had appeared defiant of the US intervention in its aftermath, stating that there was only one President in that of Maduro.
She has sent mixed signals, diplomatically softening on Sunday night and calling for dialogue with the US.
Following Maduro’s capture Cabello has repeatedly called for mobilization and condemned the US action. On the nation’s streets hours after the US operation was carried out on Saturday, he said, “Stay calm, let no one fall into despair, let no one make things easier for the invading enemy, the terrorist enemy that cowardly attacked us.”
The Miami Herald reported that Cabello, in alleged voice notes it had obtained, called for mobilization in the streets.
“These rats attacked, and they are going to regret it for the rest of their lives…Let’s reorganize now, assess where the attacks were, the damage we have, and keep moving forward, always forward, always united. Let’s push ahead,” he reportedly said.