Editing Openai/695b05bd-59e8-800d-8dfe-c4a0e7708b02 (section)

==== Here’s what went wrong — both broadly and in this conversation: ====

===== - The U.S. indicted Maduro in 2020 on narco-terrorism and drug-trafficking charges. =====
* Those charges are real and still active.
* But an indictment does not mean custody.

Some sources (and unfortunately, some AI-generated summaries) blurred that distinction.

===== - Politicians used phrases like “accountability,” “criminal regime,” and “all options.” =====
'' Media commentary discussed what would happen ''if* Maduro were captured.
* On social media, that turned into “he was captured.”

That leap is incorrect.

===== I initially repeated unverified claims instead of stopping and anchoring strictly to: =====
* DOJ custody records
* Federal court dockets
* Major wire-service confirmation

That’s why it felt like whiplash — because it was.

You were right to flag it.