On Jan. 3, the U.S. aggression left over 90 civilian and military deaths and 112 soldiers wounded.

On Sunday, teleSUR journalist Madelein Garcia visited the Military Hospital in Caracas, where members of the Presidential Honor Guard are recovering after being wounded during the U.S. military attack carried out on Venezuelan territory on Jan. 3.

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The U.S. military aggression resulted in the deaths of more than 80 Venezuelans, both civilians and military personnel, and left 112 members of the national defense forces wounded. Among the injured is Lt. Pedro Sarmiento, who remains under medical care.

He recalled that the U.S. attack occurred as he and his unit were positioning themselves on elevated ground. According to his account, the assault was carried out through bombardments and the use of missiles that struck their position directly.

“What I felt was the impact of the explosion and the shock wave,” the officer said, adding that despite the attacker’s technological superiority, Venezuelan forces were able to respond to the incursion, during which there were also U.S. casualties.

The use of high-tech weaponry against Venezuelan positions was intended to neutralize the protective capacity surrounding President Nicolas Maduro, the Bolivarian soldier explained.

The text reads, “Wounded soldiers speak about how they faced the U.S. attack against Venezuela on January 3 in unequal conditions. They are recovering and are firm with the defense of the country.”

Lt. Sarmiento also reiterated that Venezuelan forces remain steadfast in their patriotic convictions, stressing that the U.S. aggression has failed to break troop morale.

“We Venezuelans always stand out in everything. They want to overshadow us, but they have never been able to. We have that gallantry and that fighting spirit to struggle until the end,” said Yeiber Valbuena, a corporal in the Presidential Honor Guard.

In the early hours of Jan. 3, U.S. forces bombed Caracas and several areas in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. During the military attack, U.S. Delta Force commandos kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. They were later transferred to New York, where they remain illegally detained in a maximum-security prison.

After the U.S. incursion, Venezuelans have remained in the streets demanding the return of the Bolivarian leaders and demonstrating that their country is moving forward united under the leadership of Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, who was sworn in on Jan. 5 to ensure administrative continuity and the defense of the Bolivarian nation.

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Source: teleSUR

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