Gangs of armed pro-regime militants on motorbikes have taken over the streets of Caracas, hunting down Venezuelans who support the US’s audacious capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro, according to videos and on-the-ground accounts shared with The Post and multiple reports.

Venezuela’s interim government said it would release an “important number” of imprisoned people, but only nine have been confirmed freed.

Residents in the capital said they are seeing an increased presence of government security forces, as well as armed civilian paramilitaries loyal to the government.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to a man in Caracas about life in the city following the U.S. removing former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

At least seven explosions and the sound of low-flying aircraft have been heard in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

Residents of Venezuela’s capital reflect on the US attack and capture of their president, Nicolás Maduro, as they head out to run errands a day later.

El Helicoide, a modernist concrete building in downtown Caracas, was originally constructed as a state-of-the-art shopping centre in the 1950s. It was never finished, but the sprawling building found new life under Venezuelan authorities who turned it into the country’s most notorious detention facilities.

For a brief moment, some Venezuelans allowed themselves to celebrate. By Monday, however, those feelings had been replaced by fear, dread and uncertainty.

Venezuela’s capital of Caracas was largely quiet in the hours after US military airstrikes on the nation resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.

A tense calm held in Venezuela on Sunday, a day after President Nicolas Maduro was deposed and captured in an American military operation. Maduro was taken to the U.S., arriving Saturday afternoon at a small airport in New York following the operation that extracted him and his wife,

The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington.

A fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela was interdicted by U.S. forces in the Caribbean, U.S. Southern Command confirmed on Friday. Two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that the Coast Guard, supported by the Navy, was in the process of seizing the Olina oil tanker.