Overview
- Journalists and residents reported pre-dawn blasts, low-flying aircraft and fires in Caracas, with visible damage at La Carlota and reports of detonations near Fuerte Tiuna.
- The Venezuelan government issued a communiqué denouncing a 'gravísima agresión militar,' activating national mobilization across Caracas and the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.
- U.S. administration officials told CBS News that President Donald Trump ordered strikes on targets inside Venezuela, though no formal White House or Pentagon briefings have detailed the operation.
- Trump stated on social media that Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were captured and removed from Venezuela, a claim Venezuelan officials say they cannot verify as Maduro’s whereabouts remain unknown.
- The FAA issued a NOTAM barring U.S. commercial flights over Venezuelan airspace due to ongoing military activity, and Colombia’s president called for urgent UN and OAS meetings.