Overview

• Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab formally asked the United Nations to probe U.S. strikes that destroyed three boats in the Caribbean, denouncing what Caracas calls extrajudicial killings.
• Caracas staged three days of exercises on La Orchila with about 2,500 troops, ships and aircraft, then launched Saturday training of civilians by the armed forces as part of broader militia mobilization.
• Washington has deployed multiple warships and a nuclear-powered submarine to the region and sent F-35s to Puerto Rico, as President Donald Trump posted strike videos and cited roughly a dozen fatalities, with some outlets reporting higher tolls.
• Independent UN-mandated experts labeled the strikes illegal, bipartisan voices in the U.S. Congress questioned the legal basis, and reports said Pentagon lawyers raised concerns, even as the Pentagon insisted it operates on solid legal grounds.
• Colombia’s foreign minister criticized the U.S. military presence as disproportionate and warned of intervention risks, Venezuela appealed to the UN Security Council to halt U.S. actions, and Trump warned of incalculable consequences over migrant returns as a U.S. flight repatriated 185 people to Caracas.