Overview
- Speaking to reporters in Florida on Monday, President Trump described a “major explosion” at a shore-side dock area he said was used to load drug boats and called the site the “implementation area.”
- The Pentagon and CIA offered no confirmation or details, the Pentagon referred inquiries to the White House, and Caracas has issued no public acknowledgment of any attack.
- An unnamed U.S. official told The Intercept the president’s announcement was “misleading,” while declining to clarify what, if anything, was struck.
- If verified, it would be the first known U.S. strike on Venezuelan soil since a maritime campaign that has involved roughly 30 attacks and at least 107 deaths, drawing legal and human-rights scrutiny.
- Separately, U.S. Southern Command reported a 30th strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific that killed two people, as Washington sustains a regional military buildup and a tanker blockade targeting Venezuela.