Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka · Aired Jul 30, 2026
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The U.S. military abducted the president of Venezuela and incapacitated everyone using a sound weapon.
The finding
What the evidence shows
There's a real event buried in here. In January 2026 the U.S. military did capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in a Delta Force operation and flew him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in New York. But there's no record of a sound weapon being used to incapacitate anyone during that operation, so that specific detail isn't supported.
Read the supporting source · en.wikipedia.org ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that the U.S. military abducted the president of Venezuela and incapacitated everyone using a sound weapon?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There's a real event buried in here. S. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2533 - Diana Pasulka, aired Jul 30, 2026, at 1:42:37. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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