Overview
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States bombed a site in Maracaibo believed to process cocaine paste.
- Petro suggested the facility was run by the ELN, citing the group’s presence in Colombia’s cocaine-producing Catatumbo border region.
- President Donald Trump confirmed a U.S. attack on a docking point used by alleged Venezuelan drug boats, without clarifying its connection to the Maracaibo site.
- Venezuelan authorities had not issued an immediate response to the reports.
- Since September, U.S. forces have repeatedly targeted suspected smuggling boats with more than 100 people reported killed, as critics call the actions extrajudicial and note U.S. warships and two seized oil tankers off Venezuela.