Trump Says U.S. Hit Venezuelan Port Site as Media Report CIA Drone Strike

Overview

• CNN and the New York Times report the CIA conducted an early‑December drone strike on a remote Venezuelan port used by Tren de Aragua, with no reported casualties.
• President Trump told reporters the target was a dockside area used to load drug boats, while declining to say which U.S. entity executed the operation.
• The Pentagon and CIA offered no details, and Venezuela has not publicly acknowledged any attack on its territory.
• Separately, U.S. Southern Command said a Dec. 29 strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific killed two men it labeled narcoterrorists.
• U.S. tallies say repeated maritime strikes since September have killed more than 100 people, and the Treasury announced new sanctions on Iranian and Venezuelan entities over drone trade.