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US 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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Donald Trump announces an American operation in Venezuela targeting a docking area used for drug trafficking, intensifying pressure on Nicolas Maduro Donald Trump said Monday
·France
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US had recently attacked a Venezuelan port facility where drugs are loaded onto ships.
·Estonia
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US President Trump has confirmed a military attack on a port facility on the Venezuelan coast.
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Donald Trump confirms an US attack on a coastal structure linked to drug trafficking. Few details of the operation, while the US military escalation against drug cartels is growing
·France
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