On Jan. 3, and after months of escalating tensions, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, after a two-hour operation and months of planning. Maduro and Flores were arraigned Jan. 5 in New York City on a four-count indictment linking them to a 25-year-old narco-conspiracy. They pleaded not guilty on all charges.

The attack early Saturday – which killed at least 40 Venezuelans – and the extraction of a dictator was dramatic enough. (And we want to hear your reactions to it. Scroll down to tell us.) But it's what came next – and what could come next – that has captured our........

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