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.
471 Articles
471 Articles
This is the first American attack on the mainland.
The operation would have targeted a dock believed to have been used by the Aragua Train to store narcotics.
Washington increases the pressure on the authoritarian government in Caracas. After dozens of attacks on allegedly drug-loaded boats, an attack on a facility in a port area followed.In the escalating conflict between the United States and Venezuela, the United States, according to President Donald Trump, attacked an alleged "drug hub" in the South American country. "There was a huge explosion in the port area where the boats are loaded with drug…
CIA struck Venezuelan dock allegedly used for drug smuggling: reports
Last week, the CIA struck a remote dock in Venezuela, in the first known attack inside the Latin American country shortly after President Trump teased that such strikes would be coming, according to multiple reports.
Trump describes Venezuela strike as CNN reports CIA drone attack
President Donald Trump says the United States carried out a strike inside Venezuela, targeting what he described as a dock used to load boats with drugs. New reporting from CNN now sheds light on how that operation was carried out, and by whom. The disclosure comes as the U.S. continues an aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in the region, including a separate boat strike Monday in the eastern Pacific that killed two people, according to U.S. …
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 37% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
