Two military aircraft Venezuelan They flew near a US Navy ship in international waters this Thursday.
The Department of Defense, which could change its name this Friday by Donald Trump’s decree to War Department, qualifies the “highly provocative” maneuver.
In addition, the Pentagon message, promoted from X ensures that “the action” was “designed to interfere” with operations against drug trafficking and terrorism initiated in the area by the United States.
– Department of Defense (@Deptofdefense) SEPTEMBER 5, 2025
The American chain CNN It emphasizes that the fact occurs in the midst of a growing tension between Venezuela and the United States and recalls that “war ships and US military personnel have been deployed on the Venezuelan coast.”
Mobilizations in Venezuela
Before the American maneuver, President Nicolás Maduro announced the deployment of military and militiamen, as well as called Venezuelans to join the Bolivarian militia.
According to a Report of EFEthe head of Interior, Diosdado Cabello, announced on Wednesday training days of the militiamen, including those who lived in the recent registration process convened by Maduro.
Cabello had indicated that until today Friday, “exercises” of the militia would be carried out, which also include, said, of “organization” and “missions”, although without offering details, according to the Spanish source.
Maduro said Monday that 8.2 million people are enlisted to defend Venezuela amid tensions with the US.
The attack on a boat
The US carried out a questioned lethal attack on a suspicious drug trafficking vessel linked to the band of Aragua, as announced by President Donald Trump himself at the beginning of the week.
Trump said 11 people died in the attack in “International Waters.”
According to Publish today The newspaper The country, And according to the US authorities, the boat transported drugs to Trinidad and Tobago and would have left from San Juan de Unare, populated with the state of Sucre, “one of the poorest and most violent in the entire country.”
The Spanish newspaper itself echoes discharged comments in Tiktok, where some local users have commented that the aggression was real, not done by artificial intelligence. “The victims are real.”
The response of the Government of Venezuela has been militarizing San Juan de Unare, points this source, which starts from witness criteria.
They question US military operation against Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean
He also adds that for two decades, drug traffickers have operated in this region. In recent years, when the exodus of Venezuelans began to intensify, criminal gangs also ventured into people traffic. The shipwrecks of Venezuelan migrants who tried to reach Trinidad and Tobago became common.
In recent weeks, the US armed forces have deployed more than 4000 marine infants and sailors in the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of an intensified effort to combat drug cartels, he points out CNN.
