Protesters gathered outside the San Diego County Administration Center and marched through downtown San Diego voicing anger after the United States launched military strikes on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, an operation confirmed by U.S. officials that removed them from Venezuelan territory and brought them to the United States to face charges. The action—described by the U.S. government as a military operation against alleged drug-trafficking and terrorism, and by critics as an unlawful bombing and abduction—has sparked widespread demonstrations in the U.S. and around the world, with demonstrators holding placards, flags, and banners demanding “No War on Venezuela” and an end to the bombings.