In a message shared via his official Telegram channel on December 30, 2025, Maduro congratulated the Venezuelan military for reaching a total of 39 drug-trafficking planes downed in 2025 and 430 since authorities began enforcing the current anti-drug law.

Two members of Venezuela’s Wayuu indigenous community in the area told NBC News that they witnessed an unexplained explosion on Dec. 18 that destroyed a hut that possibly was used for storage.

The CIA’s recent drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility keeps President Trump’s options open in the country as he intensifies his pressure campaign, effectively expanding U.S. attacks onto land without committing the U.

The attack is likely to inject additional energy into heated discussions in US Congress about the strategy toward Venezuela, and the debate about how far Trump can go without seeking authorisation

The drone attack, said to be on a dock where drugs were being prepared for loading on boats, represented a further escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign against Nicolás Maduro.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins 'America Reports' to discuss U.S. military action against ISIS and Venezuela amid international terror attacks, killing U.S. soldiers and ongoing drug boats attempting to reach the homeland.

Trump says military struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela in possible biggest escalation of conflict so far - ‘Two nights ago we knocked that out, so we hit them very hard,’ the president said on Friday

Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Tuesday announced that it has targeted 10 individuals and entities based in Venezuela and Iran, as the Trump administration intensifies its military-build up in the Caribbean Sea.

The Mohajer-6, one of the models cited, is a combat drone capable of surveillance and precision strikes using guided munitions. U.S. officials say the aircraft are operated by Venezuela’s military and represent a significant expansion of Iran’s military footprint in the Western Hemisphere.

The authoritarian socialist claimed victory in Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election despite ballot audits that showed he lost .

US military aircraft and personnel were seen at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico as tensions grow between Washington and Venezuela. The activity continues after President Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers,