Overview

• Caracas says the USS Jason Dunham boarded and held the Venezuelan tuna boat Carmen Rosa for eight hours with 18 armed personnel about 48 nautical miles from La Blanquilla inside Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone.
• Venezuela’s foreign minister condemned the action as a flagrant maritime law violation, claimed the armed forces monitored the episode throughout, and demanded the United States halt such operations.
• Maduro’s Plan Independencia 200 remains active across 284 fronts with FANB units positioned along northern coastal states and more than 5,000 communal militia units reported activated.
• Maduro called reservists, militiamen and civilians to training in 312 barracks, and state media showed citizens and FANB personnel participating in exercises in states including Trujillo, Miranda, Bolívar and Amazonas.
• U.S. forces continue a regional presence described as counternarcotics, with reports of eight warships, a nuclear-powered submarine and F-35 fighters in Puerto Rico, while Venezuelan officials escalate rhetoric and warn neighboring governments against cooperation.