Remains of a 52-kilogram motor rocket were found in Colombia's Alta Guajira region, with an X post by @DanielGarrido claiming it evidences the first direct U.S. attack on South American soil targeting ground sites in Venezuela, published between 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. UTC on January 1, 2026. The post from @DanielGarrido, shared during the 2-hour-29-minute reporting window, includes a video fragment of the remains and states it infers the beginning of U.S. attacks on Venezuelan targets. Separately, U.S. Air Force Stratotankers at Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas (AILA) in the Dominican Republic began usual preparations prior to departures, according to an X post by @Elconde7th citing accounts including @r4streando and @SA_Defensa during the same period ending at 10:45 p.m. UTC. These reports follow earlier sightings of the U.S. Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford approximately 40 miles from Venezuela's Base Naval Simón Bolívar at Aves Island, as detailed in a prior @SA_Defensa post from this morning. Additional context includes unspecified early morning activity at Barquisimeto airport in Venezuela around 2 a.m. local time on January 1, cited in an @ObservadBinario post before the current window.
