Donald Trump said that the United States destroyed a port area in Venezuela used by drug traffickers: “There was a big explosion”

“There was a big explosion in the area of ​​a dock where boats are loaded with drugs,” the US president told reporters.

“We attacked all the boats and Now we attack the area… and it no longer exists“he added before meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

“I was on the coast”he indicated, without specifying whether it was a military or CIA operation, or where the attack took place. “I know exactly who it was, but I don’t want to say who it was. But you know it was along the coast,” the president said.

According to The New York Times, US officials confirmed that Trump was referring to a drug trafficking facility in Venezuela and that it was dismantled, but they did not give details.

From Chavismo they made no comment regarding the attack announced by Trump, although the Minister of the Interior and Justice, and one of the leaders of the regime, Diosdado Hair, He once again attacked the United States for its military deployment with its sights set on Venezuela.

“Neither Christmas nor the New Year are going to make us bitter, they can’t because we how many things we have endured, “how many things have they tried against this people,” he said at an event to hand over vehicles to police officials, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).

Trump first referenced the attack on Friday, when he called radio host John Catsimatidis during a show on WABC radio and discussed the Suspected drug-carrying ships sunk by US forces. Since September they were destroyed at least 29 boats, with 105 dead.

“I don’t know if you read or saw, they have a big plant or a big facility where they ship, you know, where the ships come from,” Trump declared. “Two nights ago, we eliminated her. So we hit them really hard,” he remarked, without giving additional information in the interview.

On previous occasions, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth or one of the US Army’s social media accounts announced each attack on ships in X, but did not publish notice of an attack on a facility.

On Monday, the Pentagon referred questions to the White House, which did not respond to a message requesting more details. The Venezuelan government’s press office also did not respond to a request for comment on Trump’s statement.

For months, Trump suggested that he could carry out ground attacks in South America, Venezuela or possibly another country, and in recent weeks he announced that The United States would move from attacking ships to attacking on land “soon.”

In October, the US president confirmed that he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela.

The United States sent warships to the Caribbean Sea, increased military forces in the region, and seized two oil tankers operating for the Chavista regime and pursued a third.

The Trump administration has said it is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels and seeks stop the flow of drugs into the United States.

Maduro insists that the true purpose of US military operations is force him out of power.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said in an interview with Vanity Fair published this month that Trump “He wants to continue flying ships until Maduro surrenders.”