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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

The Maduro administration denied the existence of the Cartel of the Suns and rejected its designation as a terrorist organization, calling it a U.S. "maneuver" to promote regime change. Foreign Minister Yván Gil asserted that these "aggressions"

President Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) called on citizens to ensure that the November 25th demonstrations take place peacefully and without incident.

SOUTHCOM is restricting / limiting leave over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, in preparation for possible land strikes in the next 10 days to two weeks

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Marseille to protest against crime and to pay tribute to Mehdi Kessaci, who was murdered more than a week ago, allegedly to intimidate his brother, a well-known anti-drug activist.

The United States has issued a new NOTAM covering the entirety of the Venezuelan Flight Information Region (FIR). The advisory cites a potentially hazardous security environment due to a deteriorating situation and increased military activity in and around Venezuela

Trump says he will speak with Maduro in "the not too distant future" and that he has "something very specific to say."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, in an interview with @OANN, stated that the designation of the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization, which will take effect on November 24, "gives the United States a wide range of new options" to act against the Maduro regime. Hegseth declared that Maduro "is not a legitimately elected leader of Venezuela" and that "he is involved in drug trafficking and is formally indicted." "This gives our department more tools to offer the President options," he stated.

Diosdado Cabello: "Everyone supports dialogue. Dialogue doesn't mean surrendering." "Furthermore, dialogue is good when there are contradictions, and if they are properly presented, it works," he said.