President Maduro orders the deployment of 25,000 FANB troops to reinforce the defense of national sovereignty.

U.S. Congressman Carlos Gimenez: Dictator Nicolas Maduro is the head of the Cartel de los Soles in Venezuela. As a Member of the Armed Services Committee, I can confirm this is the largest positioning of U.S. forces in the Caribbean's modern history. Maduro's days of flooding America with drugs are numbered

Reporter: Are you considering attacking the cartels inside of Venezuela? Trump: You're going to find out

Judge orders prison for Venezuelan dentist accused of abusing a minor in Bogotá

Maduro asks UN Secretary-General Guterres to intervene "so that the US ceases its hostile actions." in a letter from last week, now publicized. Guterres expressed "deep concern on escalation and aggression"

Maduro says that if Venezuela were attacked, it would move into a phase of armed struggle.

Petro uhkaa elvyttää Yhdysvaltojen huumeidenvastaista yhteistyötä: Kolumbia ei tee yhteistyötä salamurhaajien kanssa

Trump: Any Venezuelan fighter jet that threatens US troops will be shot down.

"General, if they do that, you have a choice to do anything you want" - Trump gives a military official authorization to take out Venezuelans planes

Trump promises to be very "aggressive" in his anti-drug offensive: "We don't want drugs coming from Venezuela or anywhere else." "We will be very aggressive in that regard," he stated.

Maduro announces militia mobilization day "in response to US threats." The Venezuelan leader announced a "major organizational and mobilization day" for the MNB (National Guard) this Friday, September 5, in response to "threats" from the US.

Puerto Rico neighborhood, part of that community is affected by a transformer explosion; several parishes are experiencing the same problem. They are at the Corpoelec headquarters in Amparo, Maracaibo.

Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of CEOFANB: "We have the right to establish the form of government determined by popular sovereignty, as free countries around the world do."

Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of CEOFANB: "We are free, we are a land of peace, we are not drug traffickers, we are fighting the scourge of drugs."

FANB releases video of F-16 fighter jets flying near a US destroyer in the Caribbean.

The U.S. has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels: Reuters

The U.S. Department of Defense officially announces that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a @USNavy ship in international waters. They describe the overflight as a provocative action.

Two-armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US warship today-a show of force, @JimLaPorta and @charliecbs report. The USS Jason Dunham is among a flotilla of U.S. ships dispatched to target criminal organizations and narco-terrorism.

Caribbean Airlines suspends flights between Trinidad and Caracas during September

Veppex and Amavex condemn Trump's decision to eliminate TPS for more than 260,000 Venezuelans: "This measure threatens to deport thousands of families."

María Corina reacts to Diosdado Cabello's threats on Fox News: "We all fear for our safety; but he's wrong if he thinks that's going to stop us. He can't retaliate against the US, so he's targeting the most vulnerable."

Maduro, in a national broadcast, condemns U.S. actions as part of a new “onslaught” against Venezuela, emphasizing the nation’s resolve to defend its sovereignty and unity in the face of external threats

"This could happen again." @SecRubio on the attack on a boat leaving Venezuela. "It's not that they're going to lose a cargo or two, it's that they're not going to continue acting with impunity. This (referring to the attack on the boat) could happen again, it could be happening."

Donald Trump (@POTUS) asserts that "Venezuela has been one of the worst actors in drug trafficking and crime." Maduro and his regime are responsible.

US Treasury says Houston-based freight forwarder Fracht will pay $1.61m to settle sanctions violations tied to Venezuela and Iran. The firm used a blocked Venezuelan airline operating an aircraft linked to Iran’s sanctioned Mahan Air, the treasury said in a statement Wednesday

Marco Rubio in Mexico City defended Tuesday's military operation on alleged Venezuelan drug cartels, saying that previous U.S. interdiction efforts in Latin America have not worked. "What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them," Rubio said

The Dominican Republic designates Nicolás Maduro’s Cartel of the Suns as an international terrorist organization

Full video of the US drone strike on a drug trafficking vessel that reportedly departed from Venezuela earlier today

Trump: ״Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America”

Sec. Rubio says the Trump admin will "wage combat" against drug cartels flooding the U.S - CNN