Overview

• Foreign Minister Yván Gil alleges the destroyer USS Jason Dunham intercepted the Carmen Rosa 48 nautical miles northeast of La Blanquilla inside Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone.
• Venezuelan officials say nine fishermen were detained for about eight hours and their communications were cut off during the boarding.
• Caracas presented a video it says shows U.S. personnel in a small boat approaching the Venezuelan fishing vessel.
• News outlets reported no immediate public statement from U.S. authorities responding to the allegation.
• The accusation follows expanded U.S. counternarcotics deployments in the region — including seven warships, an attack submarine and more than 4,500 troops — and an early‑September operation that sank a suspected smuggling boat, killing 11, a claimed criminal link that Venezuela disputes.