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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 Venezuelan facility linked to drug trafficking, marking a potential first land strike amid a campaign with over 100 deaths since September.
- 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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Donald Trump confirmed an American strike on a wharf in Venezuela. This would be the first ground strike since the beginning of his "war against drug trafficking". One more sign of a military escalation, while Trump recently claimed that he "did not exclude a war". - The escalation continues, Donald Trump confirms a first ground strike in Venezuela (International).
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.
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