Overview

• The White House released video of a U.S. military strike in international waters that Trump said hit a narco‑terrorist‑linked boat, leaving three dead and no U.S. casualties.
• Trump demanded Venezuela immediately accept deportees described as prisoners and patients from mental institutions, warning the “price” for refusal would be “incalculable.”
• Caracas labeled the U.S. campaign an undeclared war, ran exercises on La Orchila island, and expanded weapons‑handling instruction for civilians in neighborhoods across the country.
• Venezuelan authorities asked the United Nations to probe recent maritime strikes they call extrajudicial killings, as prosecutors and diplomats pressed the case in international forums.
• U.S. deployments now include multiple warships, a nuclear‑powered submarine, and F‑35 fighters in Puerto Rico, while lawmakers and rights groups question the legal basis and evidence for the lethal counternarcotics operations.