Venezuela’s Defence Ministry says 83 people in total killed in US attack to abduct President Nicolas Maduro.Nine women soldiers were among 47 Venezuelan troops killed earlier this month when the United States attacked the capital Caracas and abducted President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said.Revising the number of Venezuelan forces killed upward from an initial report of 23, the defence minister said on Friday that a total of 83 people were killed in the January 3 raid by US forces.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThose killed included 32 Cuban soldiers, some of whom had been assigned to President Maduro’s personal protection team.“What have the men and women of our Bolivarian National Armed Forces done in the face of military aggression? They have given their lives, they have honoured history and the homeland,” Padrino said at a ceremony to honour those killed in the attack.The minister also said that a site will be located for the construction of a memorial to those killed.Cuba on Thursday received the remains of the 32 soldiers it said were killed in combat in the early hours of January 3.More than 112 people were reported injured in the US raid that began with the bombing of military targets and culminated with US troops landing in helicopters and abducting Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their residence in Caracas.The full extent of civilian casualties from the US raid has yet to be determined by authorities in Venezuela. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said earlier this week that experts ne …
