US EditionCIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast: Report
The strike targeted a drug trafficking hub used by Tren de Aragua to move narcotics by sea, marking an escalation in U.S. efforts against Venezuelan criminal networks.
- On Monday, the CIA conducted a drone strike on a Venezuelan coastal port facility, marking the first publicly confirmed U.S. attack inside Venezuela.
- Officials said the operation targeted what they believed was a Tren de Aragua operation hub used to store drugs and move them onto boats, CNN reported late Monday, enabled by President Donald Trump's expansion of CIA operational authority across Latin America.
- Sources said no one was at the facility when it was struck, and an unnamed source called the strike symbolically significant but practically limited; earlier U.S. efforts targeted over 30 trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific.
- U.S. officials said the action represents an escalation in President Donald Trump's Venezuela campaign, including a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers and a Dec. 26 interview reference to a `big facility where ships come from`.
- Officials declined to name which agency carried out the strike, and when pressed on Monday, President Donald Trump said it hit `the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs`, adding `So we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area.
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The strike marks the first known US attack on a target inside Venezuela, with no casualties reported - Trump described it as a 'major explosion' in the overseas dock
Trump strike marks first confirmed US attack in Venezuela: report
The CIA reportedly conducted a drone strike targeting a Venezuelan coastal port facility, according to a new report, marking the first publicly confirmed U.S. attack on a target within the country's territory.The operation targeted what officials believed was a Tren de Aragua operation hub that was ...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country.
The Central Intelligence Agency of the United States (CIA) conducted, this month, an attack with drone against an installation on the coast of Venezuela. The North American CNN uncovered the information with sources at the same time. This is the first record known as a North American action within the country. + Read more news from the West The Alvo was an isolated case, headed by the US authorities as a support point for the Black Sea team. The…
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