Overview
- President Trump said a shore installation used to load drug boats was destroyed in Venezuela, declining to specify whether the military or the CIA conducted the operation.
- The Pentagon referred inquiries to the White House, which offered no confirmation, while Venezuelan officials stayed silent and the affected company Primazol called the event an industrial incident.
- CNN and the New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported a CIA drone hit a secluded quay linked to the Tren de Aragua gang and that no one was present at the time.
- U.S. forces have carried out roughly 30 maritime strikes since late summer with about 107 reported deaths, and the military reported two more fatalities in a separate Pacific operation on Monday.
- The campaign follows a large U.S. deployment under Southern Spear and has drawn regional criticism, with Colombia’s Gustavo Petro questioning drug evidence and France’s Jean‑Luc Mélenchon denouncing the action.