Overview
- U.S. officials told The New York Times the president was referring to a site in Venezuela but offered no operational details as the White House and CIA declined comment.
- In new remarks on Monday, Trump characterized the target as a pier area used to load boats and refused to say whether the military or the CIA carried out the operation.
- Caracas has issued no public confirmation of any strike, and Nicolás Maduro avoided the topic in televised remarks that instead highlighted military loyalty.
- If verified, the action would be the first known land strike of the current campaign, which has centered on maritime attacks on small vessels and left at least 105 people dead since September.
- Separately, the administration has directed a naval quarantine on Venezuelan oil and intercepted sanctioned tankers as pressure on Maduro increases without public proof of a land operation.