Overview
- Trump made the claim in a radio interview, describing a hard blow against a site tied to narcotrafficking but offering no location or operational details.
- The Pentagon provided no information, and both the CIA and the White House declined to comment, leaving the alleged strike unverified by independent official sources.
- Washington has ordered forces to enforce a selective maritime quarantine on Venezuelan oil and has expanded regional logistics with tanker flights and combat aircraft deployments.
- Caracas has not acknowledged any attack; President Nicolás Maduro highlighted the armed forces’ loyalty and denounced U.S. threats as Venezuela maintains a public posture of readiness.
- Analysts noted a temporal overlap with a December 24 explosion at a chemical facility in Zulia that the company called an industrial accident, a link that remains unconfirmed.