Overview

• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Maduro’s message contained “many lies,” reaffirmed that Washington views his government as illegitimate, and pledged to use all necessary means to stop narcotics flows.
• The Dominican Republic’s DNCD reported a U.S. aerial attack on a fast boat about 80 nautical miles south of Isla Beata, recovering 377 packages from an estimated 1,000 kilograms of suspected cocaine.
• Trump said the latest operation killed three male “narcoterrorists” and posted a strike video without specifying the date or the vessel’s origin.
• Caracas published a September 6 letter inviting dialogue, rejected U.S. accusations as false, and requested United Nations investigations into alleged crimes by U.S. forces.
• Venezuelan authorities expanded militia training with armored deployments in Caracas and announced Operation Cumanagoto 200 in Sucre to target smuggling and drug trafficking.