U.S. officials confirmed on December 29 that President Donald Trump referred to a drug facility in Venezuela that U.S. forces 'eliminated' two nights earlier, according to a report from Faytuks Network on X shared during the nearly three-hour reporting window from 8:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. UTC. Trump stated in remarks, 'Two nights ago, we knocked that out.' Trump described the facility as a major site where ships originate, noting in the circulated audio that the action contributes to drugs being down over 97 percent and saves American lives. U.S. military officials stated they had nothing to share, while the CIA and White House declined to comment, as reported by Faytuks Network. The confirmation follows President Trump's earlier reference to an attack on Venezuelan territory, previously linked by U.S. administration officials to the destruction of a drug laboratory, according to the New York Times as cited in prior reports. Venezuelan chemical firm Primazol described an explosion at its Maracaibo headquarters on December 25 as an accident, per its official statement shared by X user @EmmaRincon during the preceding period. President Nicolás Maduro freed political prisoners after the December 25 events, according to X user @ElGanadorHenry, amid U.S. Southern Command's Operation Southern Spear targeting Caribbean drug networks announced December 28.
