US hit drug boat loading facility

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, which would mark the first known time the United States has carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began ⁠against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.



"There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs," Trump said.



It was not immediately clear what target was hit nor which part of the U.S. government acted.



Asked if the CIA had carried out the attack, Trump said: "I don't want to say that. I know exactly who it was but I don't want to say who it was."



The Central Intelligence Agency, the White House and the Pentagon have not publicly elaborated on those comments and declined to comment.



The Venezuelan government has not commented on the incident Trump described and there have been no independent reports from Venezuela of it.