Overview
- The advisory was issued on January 3 by the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia.
- It was posted on the U.S. Embassy’s Venezuela website for public visibility.
- The embassy said it had been informed of reports of explosions in Caracas and nearby areas.
- U.S. citizens were told not to travel to Venezuela based on the reported security risk.
- Russian state news agency RIA Novosti relayed the embassy statement in multiple reports the same day.