CIA ‘carries out drone strike’ on Venezuelan drug port in first U.S. land attack inside the country | 29 Dec 2025 | The CIA is responsible for carrying out the first U.S. land strike in Venezuela on a port facility believed to have been storing drugs bound for America, sources claim. President Donald Trump confirmed the Christmas Eve strike on Monday, days after he casually discussed in a radio interview the attack on a facility “where the ship comes from.” The strike, which took place on a port dock authorities believe was the home base of the alleged drug vessels that the U.S. military has been targeting in the Caribbean and Atlantic over the last three months, signaled a further escalation of tensions between the two countries. Multiple sources have now told CNN that the drone strike was carried out by the CIA, after Trump refused to weigh in on the theory.