Overview

• U.S. Navy operations chief Daryl Caudle confirmed ships are heading toward South America to provide options for the president, noting many details remain classified.
• Venezuela’s mission to the United Nations denounced a hostile escalation and warned that the entry of a nuclear submarine would violate the Treaty of Tlatelolco.
• Reports identify the USS Lake Erie and the USS Newport News among the vessels, with the Lake Erie photographed this week near the Panama Canal.
• Colombia has deployed about 25,000 troops to the Catatumbo border region as Venezuela mobilizes roughly 15,000 personnel and urges militia enlistment.
• Press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to rule out military action as U.S. authorities increased the reward for information on Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.