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There probably are some Venezuelans who are hoping that it ends here, and that a major obstacle to them was just removed. Maduro was unpopular enough that he lost a democratic election in an election he and his cronies were pushing the scale on, hard.
Unfortunately, this whole fiasco staying contained to this one operation remains extremely unlikely. That's not even getting into the insanity of the operation itself, and what it means on a more abstract level wrt international relations.
In addition to that, removing Maduro doesn't actually remove the apparatchiks which backed his crushing of dissent after he lost the presidential election, meaning the success of this will likely end up only 'symbolic', if that, even if the insanity does end with this kidnapping.