Overview
- USS Gerald R. Ford reached the Caribbean with three destroyers as the U.S. expands a regional naval presence that includes additional warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 jets.
- Venezuela began a two‑day military exercise under Plan Independencia 200, mobilizing roughly 200,000 personnel across land, air, naval and militia units.
- Colombia suspended intelligence cooperation with the United States until the boat strikes cease, with President Gustavo Petro citing the killing of a Colombian fisherman.
- The United Kingdom has reportedly limited sharing on suspected drug‑smuggling targets to avoid complicity in the attacks, while officials in London declined to comment.
- U.S. officials count about 19–20 strikes with at least 76 fatalities, and no public evidence has been released that the boats carried drugs, reinforcing France’s accusation of an international‑law breach.