US EditionUS strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says
- 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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The CIA carried out a drone attack on a port facility in Venezuela last week, according to people informed about the operation, an advance that suggests that a new aggressive phase of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against the Maduro government has begun. The attack occurred on a dock where U.S. officials believe that Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang, was storing narcotics and potentially preparing to transfer drugs to ships, peop…
U.S. media report on a drone attack on a port area in Venezuela already carried out last week. The local government has not yet confirmed the attack.
Trump says US strike destroyed large dock facility in Venezuela
During a photo-op with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, President Trump said the US military struck a “big facility” in a dock area in Venezuela where “they load boats up with drugs,” and a “major explosion” occurred.
Pres. Trump claims U.S. strike destroyed “big facility” in Venezuela linked to alleged drug boats
President Donald Trump said the United States recently destroyed a major facility in Venezuela tied to drug trafficking, a claim that, if confirmed, would represent a significant escalation in Washington’s campaign against the South American nation. Trump made the remarks during a radio interview on 77 WABC’s “Sid and Friends in the Morning,” while discussing his administration’s efforts to disrupt narcotics flows from the region. He described t…
CNN: CIA drone strike hits Venezuelan port facility
The CIA has carried out a drone strike on Venezuelan territory, targeting a port facility on the country’s coast used for suspected drug trafficking. The strike, confirmed by US President Donald Trump, marks the first known American land-based attack inside Venezuela. Sources familiar with the operation told CNN that the port was linked to the Tren de Aragua criminal network. Intelligence suggested it served as a launch site for drug shipments h…
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