The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) destroyed two small planes allegedly linked to drug traffickingThe Comprehensive Defense Operational Zone (ZODI) of the Apure state (west, border with Colombia) reported on Thursday.
On Instagram, the ZODI, which is part of the Army, detailed that the two aircraft entered Venezuelan airspace with the transponder turned off – a device that responds to radar signals – and violated national sovereignty and defense.
Next, the two small planes were detected by military radars and, consequently, declared as “targets for operational execution,” specified the ZODI.
Likewise, he indicated that the Army deployed two fighter jets to locate the aircraft, which were finally destroyed in Apure, although it was not detailed whether it was done in the air or on the ground.
It was also not reported if there were deaths or arrests.
On Tuesday, the FANB intercepted another aircraft from the Caribbean islands that entered Venezuelan territory “furtively” and without authorization, reported the strategic operational commander of the military institution, Domingo Hernández Lárez.
The aircraft – identified by Hernández Lárez as CESSNA 310, acronym
The source also did not specify whether there were detainees or deaths in this operation.
Venezuela adds 23 aircraft destroyed during 2025, according to official information.
The Venezuelan government is accused by the United States of being part of drug trafficking networks that transport drugs to North America, an argument that Washington uses to maintain its military deployment in Caribbean waters and attack boats supposedly linked to drug trafficking.
In these attacks, more than 60 people have died in what Nicolás Maduro calls “extrajudicial executions.”
