About 2,000 people wey dey support the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro gather for protest for Caracas on Sunday to demand say dem release am and im wife, wey US forces arrest and carry go jail for New York.

A group of pro-Maduro paramilitaries and bikers dey accompany the demonstrators, and dem dey wave red, blue and yellow Venezuelan flags.

'Free our president,' na wetin one placard carry. The man wey hold am wear red flannel shirt wey get picture of Maduro predecessor and mentor, the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.

'Venezuela no be anybody colony,' another placard talk, na shot at US President Donald Trump's announcement on Saturday say Washington go 'run' Venezuela during one unspecified transitional period.

On Monday, Maduro suppose appear court for New York to face charges of 'narcoterrorism' wey dem link to alleged cocaine trafficking into the United States.

Venezuelan hospitals don refuse to reveal how many people die or get injured for the pre-dawn strikes.

'Air defences no work?'

Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez talk say a 'large part' of Maduro security team die 'in cold blood', and military personnel and civilians join, but e no give any figures.

One doctors' group tell AFP say about 70 people die and 90 get injured.

Demonstrators for Caracas repeat the speculation say somebody inside im inner circle betray Maduro, wey make road clear for US special forces to enter and capture am for the country's biggest military base.

'How e possible... that the air defences no work?' na wetin one 69-year-old accountant wey give him name as Papa Juancho ask.

'Nicolas Maduro dem remove am by traitors, because with the amount of security wey im get, dis one no suppose happen,' he talk.

Maduro son, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, also voice suspicion say spies dey for im papa entourage, na so e talk for an audio message wey dem share on social media on Sunday.

'History go show who be the traitors,' he say.