How can a group of foreign soldiers enter a country, capture the president, and get him out of there without suffering casualties? Only the best trained elite soldiers can carry it out. The Delta Force unit is not the first time it has done so.
This weekend, the United States army has bombed several cities and bases in Venezuela, and has captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wifewho are already locked up in an American prison.
Beyond the questionable political and economic motivations, what has amazed the world has been the clean extraction of the president of a country, who is supposed to be the most protected person. No one has officially confirmed it, but the name of Delta Force It’s on everyone’s lips.
Delta Force, in the most secret and dangerous missions
It must be said that Operation Absolute Resolutionit has not been 100% clean. As indicated Business InsiderDonald Trump himself claims that some members of the elite commando were wounded, and the entire guard that protected Nicolas Maduro was murdered. And although Delta Force takes the glory, it is undoubtedly a team effort that involves the espionage, intelligence, tactics, support divisions, etc.
What is Delta Force? The First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), known as Delta Force, was founded in 1977 by Colonel Charlie Beckwith, after being impressed with the United Kingdom’s SAS special forces group.
It is one of the elite forces of the American armyalong with SEAL team 6 and others, but their motto “Sine Pare” (Unequaled), makes it clear why they are called upon in the most dangerous and crucial land missions.
The Delta Force group is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The composition of its members is classified information. It is estimated that the unit is made up of about 2,000 soldiers, although only about 300 or 400 are “operators”, that is, combat personnel.
They are trained for rapid infiltration and extraction, intense hand-to-hand combat, precision shooting, demolition, and hostage rescue. In the early years it was an anti-terrorist force, but now it operates in all types of missions.
Most of their missions are secret, although some have been made public. Also They captured the dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriegain Operation Just Cause, in 1989. In 1993 they participated in the Battle of Mogadishuin Somalia, where two units died. These events are narrated in the famous film Black Hawk down.
The Delta Force was also a protagonist in the capture and death of Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Husseinand in the death of the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The capture of Nicolás Maduro is the latest success for Delta Force. Completing the mission without casualties and without loss of equipment undoubtedly has great merit.