Overview
- Witnesses and reporters described at least seven blasts around 2 a.m., with smoke near military sites and power cuts in southern Caracas.
- Low-flying aircraft were heard over the capital, and visuals circulating online have not been independently verified.
- Venezuelan officials had not provided details on targets, casualties, or damage, and Washington offered no immediate confirmation.
- The reports follow months of U.S. strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats and a late-December drone strike on a Venezuelan docking area reported to be a CIA operation.
- Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro urged a United Nations meeting after saying Caracas was being bombed, while the U.S. said officials were aware of the reports.