Overview
- In a WABC radio interview Friday, President Trump said U.S. forces “knocked out” a “big plant or big facility” linked to Venezuelan drug trafficking.
- Unnamed U.S. officials said he was referring to a drug facility in Venezuela but provided no location, method, casualties, or evidence.
- Military officials, the CIA, and the White House declined to share details, and no Venezuelan or regional government has reported such an attack.
- If accurate, the strike would be the first publicly known land operation in a campaign that has destroyed suspected drug boats since September, with at least 105 deaths reported.
- Recent measures include seizure of sanctioned oil tankers described as a blockade, alongside Trump’s earlier authorization for the CIA to plan operations inside Venezuela.