Overview
- President Donald Trump said U.S. forces destroyed a Venezuelan docking area that Washington links to maritime drug trafficking, describing a large explosion that left the facility unusable.
- U.S. media, citing people with direct knowledge, reported the strike involved drones and was carried out by the CIA, with no reported casualties and no public response from Caracas so far.
- Peru reported a spate of extortion-linked attacks: an explosive detonated at a store in Ancón, a gunfire attack and threat note against an Etecsa combi in Villa El Salvador, and a grenade hurled into a Translicsa bus in San Martín de Porres that prompted route suspensions after a UDEX-controlled detonation.
- In Trujillo, police said an explosive placed under a billboard for a regional road project likely sought to intimidate contractors into paying protection money, heightening fears the works could be disrupted.
- In Mexico City, police detained two suspects after the killing of a man identified as linked to La Unión Tepito, while a separate shootout in Tula, Hidalgo, left three dead in a presumed clash between rival groups.