U.S. Strikes Venezuelan Vessel, Tensions Rise

🚨 Breaking News: A new flashpoint is unfolding in the Caribbean as U.S.

forces have struck another Venezuelan vessel, intensifying already high regional tensions.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that the target was a drug-smuggling

ship, part of a larger crackdown on narcotics operations near Venezuelan waters.

The Pentagon says this marks the 17th vessel taken down in recent months across the Pacific

and Caribbean Seas. Former President Donald Trump took to social media, announcing that

the intercepted ship carried “enough drugs to kill 25,000 to 50,000 people,” praising U.S.

forces for preventing a major catastrophe. In Caracas, President Nicolás Maduro has turned