President Donald Trump refused to disclose who was behind the strike against an alleged drug facility in Venezuela, which he revealed this past weekend.
Speaking to press along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump was asked whether the U.S. military or the CIA had conducted the attack.
"Well, I don't want to say that. I know exactly who it was, but I don't want who it was. It was along the shore," Trump said.
ÚLTIMA HORA | Trump se niega a decir si el ejército o la CIA estuvieron detrás de la operación en Venezuela.
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"Bueno, no quiero decir eso. Sé exactamente quién fue, pero no quiero decir quién fue, pero sabes que fue a lo largo de la costa." https://t.co/NW6TZ0xj98 pic.twitter.com/PRo43OeyAd
Earlier, he claimed "there was a major explosion" in the "dock area where they load up the boats with drugs."
"We hit the boats now we hit the implementation area. It's no longer around," Trump added.
The Venezuelan regime has so far refrained from confirming the strike, revealed by Trump on December 26 while speaking with The Cats & Cosby Show. There, Trump said that U.S. forces had carried out a strike days before Christmas against what he described as a major installation linked to drug trafficking.
The president did not specify the location of the facility, the type of forces involved, or how the operation was conducted. U.S. officials later said Trump was referring to a drug-related site in Venezuela, but provided no further details. Such an attack would be the first on land since the Trump administration began its military campaign against the South American nation.
Trump framed the alleged strike as part of a broader campaign to disrupt maritime drug trafficking routes from South America. He claimed the administration's interdiction efforts had sharply reduced drug flows, saying that "the drugs have dropped more than 97%. Can you believe it?" He also defended the use of force, arguing that destroying boats and facilities saves lives in the United States.
During the same interview, Trump linked drug trafficking to other elements of his policy toward Venezuela, including migration and energy. He accused Nicolás Maduro of exporting criminality and referenced the Tren de Aragua gang. "They took our oil. And they also sent millions of people from prisons to our country," Trump said, without offering evidence.
The Trump administration has also moved to intercept sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers in recent weeks and described its actions as part of an effort to cut off revenue to Maduro's government. U.S. officials have told the United Nations they intend to enforce sanctions "to the maximum extent."
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