Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declined to provide details on reports of a CIA drone strike in Venezuela when asked during a TeleSUR interview, stating it “could be something we talk about in a few days,” according to an X post by @Osint613 shared over the past two hours ending at 9:45 a.m. UTC on January 2, 2026. F-35 aircraft operating out of Ceiba, Honduras, utilized currency-themed callsigns including "PENCE11," "PENCE21," and "DINAR31" flights during this period, as reported by @aeroscouting on X in the two-hour reporting window from 7:45 a.m. UTC. These developments follow Maduro's earlier remarks in the same TeleSUR interview, where he described God as an impenetrable bunker against over five months of U.S. military pressure and blamed Colombia for all regional cocaine production, according to prior X posts by @Osint613 shared before 7:45 a.m. UTC on January 2. The statements occur amid ongoing U.S. Air Force activity in the Caribbean, including previous reports of E-3G Sentry, KC-46 tanker, and B-1B Lancer presence, as noted by @HHunternight on X in earlier windows, and a MARINERA vessel broadcasting legitimate AIS from the Atlantic Ocean heading northeast, per @trbrtc citing @PoleStarGlobal and @quietd0cket before 6:15 a.m. UTC.
