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Trump says U.S. knocked out ‘big facility’ as part of Venezuela campaign
President Trump said the U.S. struck a major Venezuelan drug facility around Christmas Eve, marking a potential first ground attack in a campaign that has killed over 100 suspected traffickers.
- During a Dec. 26 WABC interview, President Donald Trump said the U.S. had "knocked out" a Venezuelan facility two nights earlier, targeting a key plant where ships come from.
- Operation Southern Spear has involved maritime strikes destroying 30 alleged drug-running boats since last September and seized two oil tankers, including the Skipper with 1.9 million barrels of crude oil.
- Local reports and social-media videos showed an explosion near Maracaibo, Venezuela, and Primazol said a warehouse caught fire on Dec. 24, while The White House declined to comment.
- Several senior U.S. officials told The New York Times the attacked site was a drug‑trafficking operation, and The Pentagon's naval deployment aims to pressure President Nicolás Maduro for regime change.
- Legal experts say the strikes raise legal concerns as Venezuela is not a major fentanyl source, the president has authorized covert CIA action, and U.S. and Caracas authorities have not confirmed Christmas Eve timing.
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Washington, Dec 29 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his country destroyed a “great installation” last week as part of his campaign against a drug trafficking network led, according to Washington, by Venezuela, although he did not specify if the attack took place inside Venezuelan territory. “We just destroyed, I don’t know if they read it or saw it... They have a large plant, or a large facility, where the boats come from. Two …
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