US EditionTrump 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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JUST IN: Trump Confirms First Land Strike Against Drug Facility in Venezuela - "There Was a Major Explosion"
President Trump revealed on a radio show late last week that the US had “knocked out” a drug facility in Venezuela as the campaign against foreign drug cartels and the Maduro regime intensifies. The strike on Wednesday comes days after Trump told reporters, “Soon we’ll be starting the same program on land.
Trump says US hit dock for Venezuela drug boats
The United States has hit and destroyed a docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats, President Donald Trump said Monday, in what could amount to the first land strike of the military campaign against trafficking from Latin America.His confirmation of the incident comes as he ramps up a pressure campaign against Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas...
In the middle of a press conference, Donald Trump gave details regarding an attack that the United States carried out...
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