Maduro: "I stated that communications with the United States were broken at the time. Today I can announce that communications with the United States government are broken, because of them, with their bomb threats, deaths, and blackmail."
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Trump identifies 23 countries, including China, India, as major drug transit or production hubs: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Trump claims the boat destroyed near Venezuela was carrying cocaine and fentanyl. "We've collected evidence and evidence. We know what time they left, when they left, what they had."
Trump: "This morning, at my direction, U.S. military forces conducted a second kinetic strike against positively identified and extraordinarily violent drug cartels and narco-militants."
Marco Rubio: "We don't recognize Maduro as president. More than 50 other countries don't either. That position, that of president of Venezuela, is just a title Maduro gave himself and is illegitimate."
Maduro proposes that CELAC(the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) urgently convene a special conference on sovereignty and peace in the Caribbean. "I hope that this initiative, within the realm of supreme peace diplomacy, will take shape and become a preventive measure."
Maduro on US accusations: "What they say is a lie; there are no drug shipments in Venezuela." "There is a set of false narratives to justify an escalation where the goal is to enter and take over Venezuela."
Maduro on the tuna boat seizure: "They were looking to turn a minor incident into a major incident." "It would have been the military incident that extremists who want a war in the Caribbean are seeking."
Maduro: "Regarding the alleged attack on a supposedly Venezuelan vessel, which the US president presented in a video. The first thing that must be said is that the first person who has to investigate is the US president. The video deserves an investigation at the highest level of the White House."
Maduro in a press conference with national and international media: "I have not been, I am not, and I do not want to be a magnate or a multimillionaire. I have not had, I do not have, and I do not want to have any fortunes. As a leader, I am not inspired by accumulating hotels, casinos, or wealth. We are inspired by accumulating millions of consciences here and around the world."
Maduro calls Secretary Marco Rubio "the lord of death and war." "Wherever he goes, there is death, there are bombs, there are murdered children," he stated.
Maduro: "If life puts us on the path of having to take up arms to begin an armed struggle against imperialist aggression, our people will do so with serenity, confidence, and joy because they will be defending the most sacred cause, which is this land."
Maduro: "I stated that communications with the United States were broken at the time. Today I can announce that communications with the United States government are broken, because of them, with their bomb threats, deaths, and blackmail."
Trujillo. Governor Gerardo Márquez reported the arrest of a FANB captain and a doctor for alleged "terrorist actions" that included planning the takeover of the Rivas Dávila Motorized Infantry Battalion. Weapons, fuel, and equipment were seized; a third suspect escaped.
Maduro announces seizure of a drug boat loaded with 3,600 kilos of cocaine in Venezuela. "We just carried out the legal interdiction. It's happening in real time now, the proportional force required by the Justice system was used."
NYT: Rubio is “preparing what could be most significant military actions of Trump's 2nd term” and “the target is Venezuela.” This is to “combat drug trafficking”. Rubio: “Interception no longer works, what will stop them is blowing them up. POTUS is going to wage war against narcoterrorist organizations”
In recent video announcements to the public, Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López confirms that RC-135s, KC-135, E-3, and P-8s have been confirmed "intruding" in the Maiquetía FIR (Flight Information Region)
Footage from aboard a tuna fishing vessel that was boarded and searched by a U.S. Navy Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) Team from the USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) earlier today inside international waters in the Southern Caribbean Sea.
Drug Trafficking: Trinidad and Tobago authorities reported on September 13 that they seized 268 kilos of marijuana valued at $29 million from a fishing vessel from Venezuela on Thursday, amid rising tensions in the Caribbean.
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