Just a month after the controversial boat strikes, the U.S. Southern Command has launched its first land attack on Venezuela. As Donald Trump focuses on eliminating drug cartels in and around America, his recent confirmation of hitting a dock following the attack has been gripping attention nationwide. Speaking to the press on Monday, as he confirmed hitting land where the drug boats were docked, he still avoided specifying which area was the primary target. However, the president, 79, was sanguine about the spot, which was hit by the U.S. Navy, and was crucial to the operations of the drug cartel present there.
He said, “There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit all the boats, and now we hit the area … it’s the implementation area. That’s where they implement, and that is no longer around.” When further asked if it was the Central Intelligence Agency CIA who launched the attack, the U.S. President openly dismissed giving any clarity on the matter. In his words, “I don’t want to say that. I know exactly who it was, but I don’t want to say who it was.”
CIA had to confirm a drone strike in Venezuela (b/c apparently we’re at war there w/o Congressional approval or any media interest?) after Trump casually mentioned it to some dopey radio show. Remember though, the real threat to national security was Hillary’s email server🤡 pic.twitter.com/AatvWdeoNC
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) December 30, 2025
However, according to a report by CNN, it was indeed the CIA that had launched a drone attack earlier in December. The target was a port facility located on the coast of Venezuela. U.S. officials believe this was the spot that happened to be a remote dock, which was extensively used by the notorious drug trafficking group Tren de Aragua. It was in this place that the narcotics were first stored before they were moved on board vessels and then shipped forward.
Previously, Donald Trump had already given a strong hint of carrying out a land strike on Venezuela soon enough. A week before the attack, the U.S. President spoke on a radio show and discussed the plans of an apparent operation against a ‘big facility’ in Venezuela. Previously, right after the controversial boat strikes, he had perhaps for the first time echoed a possibility of taking up land strikes next.
US claims first-known land strike inside Venezuela, targeting “drug boat facility.” President Donald Trump said US forces attacked the facility, ramping up pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro. Trump did not specify the exact target or agency involved.#Venezuela #US pic.twitter.com/IZvpe1GpKo
— Our World (@MeetOurWorld) December 30, 2025
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, he had said, “Very soon, we’re going to start doing it on land, too. You know, the land is much easier … And we know the routes they take. We know everything about them. We know where they live. We know where the bad ones live. And we’re going to start that very soon, too.”
Coming back to the controversial boat strikes, which stirred debate on humanitarian grounds, it ended up fetching a lot of backlash for the Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. The fact that he had allegedly said that there should be no survivors sparked murmurs of discord among people, since there were two survivors on the last remaining boats. In fact, there were even questions raised on whether these vessels actually carried narcotics or whether it was just an order given out of conjecture.
🔴Trump says US hit dock for Venezuela drug boats🔴
The United States has hit and destroyed a docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats, President Donald Trump said Monday, in what could amount to the first land strike of the military campaign against trafficking from Latin… pic.twitter.com/8TvbzmxHDg
— Central News (@centralnewsza) December 30, 2025
Meanwhile, there has been no official confirmation on the matter, as neither the Pentagon, the White House, nor the Central Intelligence Agency has addressed it publicly. Likewise, the Venezuelan government has also not commented on the news, whether the U.S. has been successful in marking its first known land strike.
