OSINT researchers geolocated a potential CIA drone strike site at 11.696409°N, 71.571434°W in Venezuela's Alta Guajira region, 6 km from Colombia, revealing scorched terrain marks from a December 18 strike leaked by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to an X post by @tom_bike shared over the past hour ending at 3:16 PM UTC on December 31. The geolocation team identified changes between December 17 and 20 on Sentinel-2 imagery, describing a black smudge on isolated sandy terrain near a road with heavy 4x4 vehicle traffic, as detailed in the post quoting @tom_bike and collaborators including @vcdgf555, @Schizointel, and @Osinttechnical. U.S. Southern Command stated it stands ready to support the State Department, including protection of U.S. embassies worldwide, according to an X post by @Southcom during the reporting window from 2:15 PM to 3:16 PM UTC on December 31. The finding follows President Trump's declassification earlier on December 31 of a CIA attack inside Venezuela on December 24, as reported by U.S. officials in The Wall Street Journal, and high-definition satellite imagery of damage in Los Guayos from an alleged U.S. strike, per an X post by @lobsterlarryliu citing Mizarvision OSINT.
