Overview
- The Venezuelan government released 87 detainees, and most must report to police every 30 days, according to an independent prison observatory.
- Human-rights group Foro Penal says more than 800 political prisoners remain jailed nationwide.
- The United States has increased regional pressure by positioning warships, aircraft and troops off Venezuela, sinking suspected smuggling boats, and seizing sanctioned oil tankers.
- CNN reported a CIA drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility, and President Trump confirmed the operation without providing details.
- A U.S. official reports a rise in Americans detained in Venezuela, with at least two potentially wrongfully held and James Luckey-Lange among recent cases cited by the New York Times.