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Angel Parents Thank President Trump After Maduro Capture, Citing Fentanyl Losses

January 6, 2026 · The White House · 0:01:27

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What happened

The White House video features parents who described losing children to fentanyl poisoning. One mother introduced her daughter Megan, lost earlier this year to fentanyl poisoning, as she stated it; others described losing a 15-year-old son and, in one father’s account, a son a year and a half ago to drugs, according to their statements in the video. A retired Army veteran of 20 years said he was proud of the President, as he put it.

The parents thanked President Trump for arresting Maduro, for securing the border and for what they called decisive action against his regime, which they linked to the drug trade that killed their children, as they characterized it. One parent said the action was more of the same war on drugs that killed their children, and another said other cartels and countries would now think twice before, as he put it, dropping illicit drugs into the United States, according to their remarks.

Why it matters

The video records the human constituency the administration puts forward for the Maduro operation and its drug-enforcement strategy — bereaved parents endorsing the action in their own words — and it marks how the White House framed the capture domestically in its first days.

Sources: The White House, “Angel Parents Comment on Maduro Capture and Thank President Trump”, 2026-01-06 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-01-06). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.