The President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned this Thursday, November 27, that the Armed Forces “will begin very soon” to “stop” the “drug traffickers of Venezuela” by land, considering that military operations at sea have already been a success.
“They have probably noticed that people don’t want to deliver (drugs) by sea anymore, and we will start stopping them by land. Also, by land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon. We warned them to stop sending poison into our country,” Trump said on a Thanksgiving call with military personnel.
Trump issues warning of ground attack on Venezuela
🚨 | Trump on Venezuela and the Maduro regime:
“We are also going to stop them by land very soon. By land is easier. So they can stop sending poison.”
– Orlando Avendaño (@OrlvndoA) November 28, 2025
The president, who did not detail what the actions on land would consist of, highlighted from Florida the attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
There, U.S. forces have killed more than 80 people by destroying more than 20 boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking, mostly from Venezuela, since September 1.
“In recent weeks, you have been working to stop drug traffickers from Venezuela, of which there are many. Of course, there are no longer many coming by sea,” the president told the Army elements.
The head of state justified the bombings by pointing out that Venezuela’s alleged drug traffickers “are sending their poison to the United States, where they kill thousands of people a year”.
“But we’re going to take care of the situation. We’re already doing a lot. We have almost stopped it. We’ve already stopped 85 percent (of the flow) by sea,” he said.
His statements come amid growing tension between Venezuela and the United States, which since November 16 deployed the USS Gerald R. Ford, its largest aircraft carrier, to the Caribbean and on Monday declared the Cartel of the Suns organization, which it links to Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro, a terrorist organization.
Still, Trump has previously insisted that he has not yet decided to bomb infrastructure in Venezuela or attack Maduro, with whom he “could talk to save many lives,” as he put it on Tuesday, a conversation that would be “welcome, according to Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab.
U.S. B-52H bomber aircraft conducted demonstrations in the Caribbean on Monday, the U.S. Air Force revealed Wednesday.
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With information from EFE
