President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had hit an area in Venezuela where “boats are loaded with drugs”, which would mark the first known time the United States has carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump said. “We hit all the boats, and now we hit the area, it’s the implementation area.” It was not immediately clear which part of the US government acted and what target was hit. Trump has previously said that he has authorised the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela.