The President of the United States, Donald Trumpprovided new details about a suspected US attack on an associated facility Drug trafficking in Venezuela. According to him, the offensive targeted a port area where ships were loaded with drugs and would have caused a powerful explosion.
The statements were made during a meeting in Florida with the Israeli prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu. There, Trump claimed the attack was focused on a key port for drug trafficking logistics. “There was a large explosion in the area where the boats were loaded with drugs. This operational area no longer exists,” the president said.
If confirmed, this would be the case one of the first land actions by the United States on Venezuelan territory since the pressure campaign began promoted by the Trump administration against the government of Nicolas Maduro. However, the president did not specify which agency was responsible for the operation, nor did he provide any information about the exact location or nature of the attack.
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When asked about this, the White House, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) avoided commenting. On previous occasions, Trump had publicly admitted to authorizing the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela.
Days ago, in a radio interview with the presenter Johannes Catsimatidis On WABC radio, the US president had implied that the United States had “attacked” a key facility in South America, although he gave no further details at the time.
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In the same conversation, Trump referred to his administration’s naval operations against ships suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific. According to the figures given by the president himself, these actions have at least decreased 105 deaths in 29 operations since September.
So far, the Venezuelan government has not issued an official response to Trump’s comments and there are no independent reports from Venezuela confirming the attack on a ground facility. Normally, the US armed forces report such operations through official channels or social networks, which was not the case in this case.
Trump has repeatedly hinted at this in recent months The USA could escalate its strategy and go off Sea attacks on land operations in Venezuela or other South American countries. In October, the president publicly confirmed that he had given the CIA the green light to intensify covert operations in the Caribbean nation.
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At the same time, the US government increased its military presence in the regiondeployed warships, seized at least two tankers and pursued a third. The Trump administration claims that it is engaged in “armed conflict” with drug cartels and that these measures are aimed at preventing the importation of drugs into US territory.
Maduro denounced this from Caracas Washington’s real goal is to oust him from power. According to recent statements from Susie WilesWhite House Chief of Staff, published by the magazine Vanity FairTrump would be determined to intensify attacks until the Venezuelan president surrenders.
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