A Saturday raid of Venezuela, ordered by President Donald Trump and which led to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, has drawn mixed reactions from Ohio government leaders.

Maduro and wife Cilia Flores sat Sunday in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, after they were captured, flown out of Venezuela and to a U.S. warship for transport to New York. They now face narco-terrorism charges in the United States.

Both of Ohio’s United States Senators – Republicans Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted – praised the move, both saying that Maduro’s capture will disrupt the influx of drugs from the country into America.

Moreno said Maduro’s capture “changed the course of Latin America for a generation.”

“By acting in America’s self defense and self interest to end the narco terror organization run by Nicolas Maduro, he eliminated an obvious clear and present danger to our nation. … President Trump has shown the world that he will defend and protect American lives,” Moreno said in a statement. “Maduro and his band of narco terrorists were directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, threatened our national security, and unleashed a historic invasion of our Country by criminals.

“Venezuela served as an air, land, and maritime corridor for transporting deadly poison to the US with the goal of killing American citizens,” he added. “Maduro protected Colombia’s narco-terrorists. Let them, and anyone in this hemisphere, be on notice that they are next if they aim to harm our nation.”

Husted said in a statement that Maduro is an “illegitimate dictator.”

“Under Hugo Chavez–and now under Maduro–Venezuela has effectively become a criminal enterprise,” Husted said. “The United States faced a choice: stand by while this unfolded in our own hemisphere, as American citizens became victims of that enterprise, or take action to end it and give the Venezuelan people a genuine opportunity to choose new leadership and a new direction.”

U.S. Rep Mike Rulli, a Republican whose district includes a part of Ohio from Youngstown to Marietta, did not release his own statement, but did repost Moreno’s statement on the social media site X. Gov. Mike DeWine, also a Republican, had not released a statement on the raid as of Sunday afternoon.

While many Ohio Republicans praised Trump’s decision, Buckeye State Democrats condemned it. The raid did not have formal approval from Congress and Ohio Democrats demanded transparency from the Trump administration.

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Trump should be focused on helping struggling Ohioans rather than being occupied with regime change.

“Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans are struggling to make ends meet, yet Washington continues to make their lives harder while prioritizing foreign countries before our own,” Brown said. “Ohioans are facing higher costs across the board and are desperate for leadership that will help deliver relief. We should be more focused on improving the lives of Ohioans– not Caracas.”

The move also drew rebuke from the Libertarian Party of Ohio.

“The Libertarian Party of Ohio condemns all unsanctioned use of force against the nation of Venezuela,” the group said in a statement. “The United States Constitution vests the power to declare war solely in the United States Congress, not the President.

“Any attempt to abduct or detain a foreign head of state on their own soil would constitute an act of war and must not occur without explicit congressional authorization.”