Delta Force
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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However, this hearing was primarily about the events of this year – when Delta Force troops forcibly removed Maduro from Venezuelan soil in his pyjamas to face drug trafficking charges in New York.
From BBC
The invitation reflects a head-snapping shift in relations between Washington and Caracas since US Delta Force operatives swooped into Caracas, seized president Nicolas Maduro and spirited him to a US jail to face narcotrafficking charges.
From Barron's
It is not necessarily surprising that the better-trained and better-equipped Delta Force soldiers emerged virtually unscathed, especially given their elite reputation within the most powerful military in the world.
From BBC
The spy agency’s close tracking of Maduro’s location, which leveraged other surveillance elements including stealth drones, allowed the Army’s Delta Force to nab him and his wife during the raid, people familiar with the operation said.
"This was a military action involving Delta Force, involving the army, apparently involving thousands of troops, involving at least 150 military aircraft, perhaps involving dozens of ships off the coast of Venezuela and South America."
From BBC
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