Overview
- President Donald Trump acknowledged U.S. responsibility for destroying a pier in Venezuela but withheld details on the operators or precise location.
- Multiple outlets, citing people briefed on the mission, report the CIA conducted a drone strike on a site U.S. officials link to Tren de Aragua, with no casualties reported.
- The action is described as the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuelan territory in this campaign, expanding beyond prior attacks on suspected narco‑boats and tanker seizures.
- U.S. agencies declined operational specifics as Caracas condemned U.S. actions, while regional voices such as Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum urged a stronger United Nations role.
- Separately, Venezuela’s armed forces said they destroyed an unregistered twin‑engine aircraft near Apure that they labeled hostile and tied to drug trafficking.