Washington, Dec. 30 -- The CIA confirmed carrying out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, making it the first officially disclosed US attack on Venezuelan soil.
The drone strike, the details for which are largely kept under wraps, targeted a remote dock that US authorities believe was being used by the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua to store narcotics and transfer them onto boats for onward trafficking, as per sources. No casualties were reported, as the facility was unoccupied at the time of the attack.
According to two of CNN's sources, the US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support to the operation, underscoring their continu...