X user @OrlvndoA urged commercial airlines over the past 90 minutes ending at 3:45 AM UTC on December 15, 2025, to heed President Donald Trump's advice and halt flights near Venezuela, labeling it a war zone against narcoterrorism, according to a post translated from Spanish at https://x.com/OrlvndoA/status/2000398360751067460. The post quoted a pilot from a Stars and Stripes article: “They passed directly into our flight path… They don't have their transponder on, it's crazy,” referencing a JetBlue flight from Curaçao that halted ascent early December 15 to avoid a U.S. Air Force tanker, as reported in prior coverage. This statement follows Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's December 15 claim of perfecting national defenses against U.S. threats, per an X post by @AlbertoRodNews, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro's warning of 'winds of death' from north and south during the preceding hour, according to his X post. U.S. military aircraft movements toward the Caribbean, including the tanker incident, were noted in earlier reports, amid reports of kidnappings in Caracas on December 14, such as political scientist Nicmer Evans seized by SEBIN agents, as shared by activist @TAMARA_SUJU.
