The number of killed in the US military action on Saturday morning in Venezuela is 40, but that number is unreliable because it's referred to as "preliminary" and comes from an unnamed source, a Venezuelan official, speaking with the New York Times.
Still, the majority of news outlets around the world are reporting that figure, which is not broken down into categories originates with an official in Venezuela, which means it could consist largely of Venezuelan military members who died in the attacks, which the US says included 150 bombers and a large number of US personnel.
President Donald Trump has already said no North Americans were killed in the operation that resulted in the incapacitation of several Venezuelan military-related sites and the capture of that nation's "president," Nicolas Maduro.
The New York Times was among the news sources that questioned voting tactics used during last year's election that resulted in a third term for Maduro as president.
The surprise airstrikes by the US on Saturday were carried out under cover of darkness in a carefully planned operation that officials said took months to formulate and implement.
The Times report names two Caracas area residents who were killed in the US action, and lists a three-story civilian apartment complex as the target of one bomb, though there is no mention of how many, if any, were injured in the blast.