Overview
- Venezuelan state television broadcast images of burned vehicles, debris and heavy damage at La Carlota air base in Caracas following nighttime detonations.
- U.S. outlets citing administration sources reported Trump ordered attacks on multiple sites including Fuerte Tiuna, Puerto La Guaira, the El Volcán communications hub and Higuerote airport.
- Venezuela’s government denounced a grave U.S. military aggression, declared a nationwide state of external commotion and announced national defense mobilization with a call to armed resistance.
- Witnesses described powerful explosions, low-flying aircraft and overnight blackouts in parts of southern Caracas, with phone service interruptions possibly tied to strikes on telecom antennas at El Volcán.
- Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the reported attacks, with Bogotá preparing measures for potential border and humanitarian impacts.