Overview
- The Miami Herald and The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed U.S. officials, report that ports, airports, naval facilities and airstrips in Venezuela have been identified for potential strikes that could occur in days or hours.
- The stated aims reported by those outlets include pressuring Nicolás Maduro to leave power and disrupting networks the U.S. calls the Cartel de los Soles.
- President Donald Trump told reporters he is not planning attacks, and the Wall Street Journal notes no final order has been given.
- Volker Türk of the UN human rights office urged the U.S. to halt maritime operations and called for independent investigations into deaths he described as possible extrajudicial executions.
- Since early September, U.S. strikes on alleged narco‑boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have reportedly killed about 61–62 people as Washington deploys major naval and air assets and frames the campaign as an anti‑narcotics effort.