00:01A dramatic night ended with the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
00:06But behind the scenes, there were minds planning, applying pressure, and pushing events toward one decisive moment.
00:13So who was the mastermind?
00:15CNN says that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the driving force behind the American strategy that paved the way for Maduro's arrest.
00:25Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has long harbored hostility toward Maduro and for years pushed for tougher sanctions against him, publicly describing him as a drug-linked dictator.
00:38Nicolás Maduro is an indicted drug trafficker in the United States, and he's a fugitive of American justice.
00:44The move was not random. Rubio worked closely with the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, in closed-door sessions inside the White House, away from most senior officials, to develop an integrated plan to deal with Maduro.
01:01The strategy included escalating economic pressure, then political pressure, and military pressure if necessary, while monitoring drug smuggling networks and strengthening the U.S. military presence in the region.
01:14Reports also indicate that Trump had complete trust in Rubio and Miller and listened to their advice on escalating against Maduro, despite criticism within Congress.
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