The accused Venezuelan government US personnel. To address and occupy a civil fishing boat on Friday, in the last example of tensions as the United States carries out “contrary to drug traffickers” in the Caribbean.
An American official told ABC News That Coast Guard staff parked aboard the US Mar Navy Destroyer I searched the drug ship after a tip but did not locate any smuggling.
The Office of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed on Saturday that the US Navy displayed “personal eighteen with long -range weapons that addressed and occupied” the Venezuelan fishing vessel in waters within the exclusive economic zone of Venezuela (EEZ).
A drone view shows the destroyer of missiles guided by the US Navy. The USON Dunham (DDG-109) while accumulating in Ponce, Puerto Rico, September 6, 2025.
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“This operation lacks strategic proportionality and constitutes a direct provocation through the illegal use of excessive military means,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
An American official with knowledge of the incident confirmed to ABC News that Jason Dunham received information to address the small Venezuelan trade to see if he had drugs.
The detachment of the law aboard the destroyer addressed the Venezuelan trade and carried out a search that did not present drugs, according to the official.
The United States official played claims from the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the search took eight hours and argued that the boat was in international waters.
Trump announced earlier this month that he ordered more military presence in the ocean to address the illegal drug smuggling.
On September 2, he announced that the United States ordered a strike in an alleged drug boat that originated in South America and “positively identified the train narcoterrorists of Aragua.” The president said that 11 alleged terrorists were killed.
Earlier this month, the Pentagon said that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near the US Navy ship. UU.: The USON DUNHAM USON – In international waters in a “highly provocative movement” that said with the aim of interrupting the operations of the United States.
