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Trump says U.S. knocked out ‘big facility’ as part of Venezuela campaign
- 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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According to President Trump, the US attacked a target on the mainland of Venezuela for the first time. There was an explosion in a port area where drugs were loaded, Trump said in front of journalists.
·Hamburg, Germany
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Trump says U.S. struck ‘big facility’ in campaign against Venezuela | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said in a radio interview that the United States had knocked out “a big facility” last week as part of his administration’s campaign against Venezuela, an apparent reference to a U.S. attack on a drug trafficking site.
·Honolulu, United States
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Total News Sources265
Leaning Left32Leaning Right47Center52Last UpdatedBias Distribution40% Center
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources are Center
40% Center
L 24%
C 40%
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