Overview
- Residents reported at least seven pre-dawn blasts around 2 a.m. with low‑flying aircraft heard over multiple neighborhoods of the capital.
- Smoke rose from a hangar at a military base in Caracas and a separate installation lost power, with people rushing into the streets as outages were reported.
- An official statement said attacks were reported in Caracas and in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira, and President Nicolás Maduro ordered national defense plans activated.
- U.S. officials offered no public confirmation; CBS, citing unnamed U.S. officials, reported President Donald Trump ordered strikes on locations inside Venezuela.
- Circulating videos remained unverified as the incidents followed a U.S. counter‑narcotics campaign that included a reported CIA drone strike last week and at least 35 maritime strikes since September with at least 115 deaths.