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Colombian President Gustavo Petro warns: "Do not threaten our sovereignty, because you will awaken the Jaguar. Attacking our sovereignty is to declare war”

Donald Trump on Venezuelan drug traffickers: "These people have killed more than 200,000 people last year. We're going to wipe out those sons of bitches."

Trump: "Colombia has entire cocaine factories; any country that does that is susceptible to being attacked, not just Venezuela."

Donald Trump: "We'll soon begin ground attacks. That's easier. We know where the bad persons are, and it will begin very soon."

Vice President JD Vance: "We've been told for decades that the U.S. military should go anywhere and do the impossible all over the world. But the red line for Washington is using the military to destroy narco-militants in our own hemisphere."

Pete Hegseth: We've only just begun striking narco boats

White House Spokesperson: "The narco-terrorist groups designated by the president are subject to lethal attacks in accordance with the laws of war. The president has the right to eliminate them if they pose a threat."

CNN: Trump will hold a meeting this afternoon at the White House to discuss his next steps regarding Venezuela. Secretary of War Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, Secretary of State Hegseth, and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller will be present.

The Jordanian army announces the thwarting of an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics loaded with balloons guided by rudimentary devices across the border with Syria.

US military aircraft are flying near Venezuelan airspace, a well-informed source in air traffic control circles told Russia's TASS.

An Airbus A319, usually used by Maduro, landed in Santa Elena de Uairén, on the Venezuela-Brazil border. So far, there is no information that Brazilian authorities have been contacted, - @CNNBrasil

Venezuela denounces and condemns the colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace, constituting a new, extravagant, illegal, and unjustified aggression against the people of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repudiates with absolute force the public message disseminated today on social media by the President of the United States, in which he attempts to extraterritorially apply the illegitimate jurisdiction of the US in Venezuela by unprecedentedly trying to give orders and threaten the sovereignty of the national airspace, territorial integrity, aeronautical security, and the full sovereignty of the Venezuelan State.

Venezuela rejects Trump’s “hostile, unilateral and arbitrary” airspace-closure declaration, the government says - Reuters

Michoacán: Nine municipal police officers from Ario de Rosales were involved in the attack, kidnapping, torture, and murder of businesswoman Gabriela Andrea F. and a companion. Another companion was abducted and later released. Víctor Hugo, an active-duty police officer, was arrested.

Trump’s declaration that the airspace around Venezuela is “closed” comes after he told Maduro in a phone call that the U.S. would consider using force if he didn’t step down voluntarily - WSJ

Cuban Foreign Minister denounces "persistent electromagnetic interference in the Caribbean, particularly over Venezuelan airspace"

Trump: To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY

Trump warns he will "begin to stop" the advance of Venezuelan drug traffickers by land. "Also, by land it's easier, but that will begin very soon. We warn you: stop sending poison into our country," he stated.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Venezuela: We'll be starting to stop them on land soon

A network trafficking synthetic drugs to South America has been dismantled in Spain: a Venezuelan member of the group operated from a Madrid prison.

Dominican Republic authorizes US to use two of its airports for military operation against narco-terrorist cartels

. @SecWar has arrived in the Dominican Republic to meet with senior leaders to discuss continued cooperation in countering narco-militants in the Americas

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez: "The US government could cause an incalculable number of deaths and create a scenario of violence and instability in the hemisphere that would be unimaginable."

Cuba warns that the US wants to overthrow Maduro "using military force"

Venezuela urges airlines to resume flights before noon on Wednesday: "The State has taken a position and will take the corresponding actions"

51 confirmed Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in North Side raid, report says

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bomber assigned to the “Bomber Barons” of the 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, going by the callsign (PAPPY11), is currently conducting a “show of force” off the coast of Venezuela, escorted by several F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

.@PressSec: We view the Maduro regime as being illegitimate, and @POTUS has been very satisfied with the successful strikes against narcomilitants that are illegally trafficking drugs towards the United States of America. You can expect to see those strikes continue

Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"

From today, the US government considers President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela as the head of a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO). The US State Dept has just updated his FTO list to include the so-called "Cartel de los Soles" that Washington says Maduro heads