(Washington DC) The White House is acknowledging “a mix up,” as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, kidnapped by US military forces in an overnight attack on Venezuela, has been kidnapped again - this time on US soil - and flown immediately back home.

The overnight raid, which saw US military forces claim to exercise a US warrant on the President of a foreign country, seized Maduro and his wife last night. “We’re going to enforce the law, and get this guy out,” said the masked justice department member of the 2,000 man military strike force serving the warrant. The event was marked by excessive force and explosions throughout the city as the arrest was made.

Cue the confusion in the US, as ICE officials met the arriving plane and immediately exercised their duty to remove Maduro, a foreign national with no authority to be in the US. “We’re going to enforce the law, and get this guy out,” said a masked ICE agent as they loaded him on a waiting aircraft. The event was marked by excessive force and explosions throughout the city as the arrest was made.

Historians note that regimes with powerful leaders and conflicting military and paramilitary groups often see this confusion. “Whether it’s the Nazis in the 1940s or the Americans now, large autonomous power blocks will often have competing goals under a strongman leader,” said a historian in the US who asked not to be identified. “Ironically, Maduro likely complains about the same problems in his government as the one that caused his release.”

The White House press office is walking a fine line expressing anger at ICE, given the importance of immigration to their base. “We swore to keep dangerous criminals out of this country, and we uphold that promise,” said a young press staffer temporarily filling in for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “ICE is doing God’s work, and so is the president in protecting American ideals and values. Now if you’ll excuse me, this is my sugar daddy calling, and he gets angry when he goes to voicemail.”

Some Americans feel that now that Maduro is home, we should focus on his wife, Cilia Flores. Leo Sturbgetter, a cow detangler in New Mexico, said, “he’s gone, but why is she still here? What if she gets loose in the country, and starts taking benefits away from regular Americans, or abusing our health care system? They should send her home, too.”

The White House would not comment in the status of First Lady Flores.