Trump Confirms Land-Based Strike Inside Venezuela Targeting Narco Operations [WATCH]

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States military conducted a land-based strike inside Venezuelan territory, describing it as the first such attack during the current escalation involving alleged narco-terrorism operations linked to the South American nation.

Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the White House ahead of a scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the president, the strike targeted a dock area that he said was used to load boats involved in transporting illegal drugs.

“It doesn’t matter, but there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area,” Trump said.

“It’s the implementation area — that’s where they implement. And that is no longer around.”

When pressed by reporters on whether additional strikes had taken place inside Venezuela beyond the dock area, Trump declined to provide further comment.

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The military took out a drug facility, resulting in a “massive explosion”

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The Pentagon did not release additional information regarding the operation and referred all questions about the strike to the White House.

Trump later expanded on the operation during a radio interview with WABC, stating that the strike occurred two nights earlier and was directed at what he described as a major shipping facility tied to drug trafficking operations.

“We just knocked out — I don’t know if you read or you saw — they have a big plant or big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from,” Trump said during the interview.

“Two nights ago we knocked that out. So we hit them very hard.”

If confirmed, the operation would mark the first acknowledged U.S. military strike on Venezuelan land during the current confrontation.

Prior to this incident, the Trump administration had authorized strikes against vessels it said were operated by narco-terrorist groups smuggling drugs toward the United States.

Those earlier actions were described by administration officials as maritime operations rather than land-based attacks.

The administration has maintained that its actions are aimed at disrupting international drug trafficking networks.

However, critics have questioned the legality of the strikes and challenged the administration’s characterization of the targets.

Some human rights organizations have alleged that the military actions could violate international law and potentially constitute war crimes.

Administration officials have rejected those claims and defended the operations as lawful and necessary.

The situation between Washington and Caracas has intensified in recent weeks following a series of confrontational moves by both governments.

Tensions rose after U.S. authorities seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, which administration officials said had violated U.S. embargo restrictions.

Following the seizure, Trump ordered what the administration described as a full blockade of tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.

Venezuelan officials responded by announcing military exercises, which they said were intended to prepare the country to defend itself against a potential U.S. invasion.

The exercises were framed by Venezuelan authorities as defensive measures in response to what they described as growing aggression from the United States.

The Trump administration has repeatedly accused the Venezuelan government, led by President Nicolás Maduro, of engaging in criminal activity and enabling drug trafficking operations.

Trump has also previously stated that the United States could take military action to reclaim oil interests that were nationalized by Venezuela’s socialist government decades ago.

During his WABC interview, Trump again referenced those issues while discussing the conflict.

“It’s about — they took our oil, they took it, and they also sent millions of people in here from jails into our country,” Trump said.

“Some of the worst people on Earth.”

As of Monday, no independent confirmation of the strike details had been released, and Venezuelan officials had not publicly responded to Trump’s specific claims regarding the dock facility.

The White House has not indicated whether additional military actions are planned, and administration officials have not provided a timeline or scope for future operations.

The situation remains fluid as diplomatic, military, and economic pressure continues to build between the two countries.