The U.S. military carried out a series of strikes targeting Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Saturday, according to reports by major American media.
U.S. media outlets including CBS News and Fox News reported that unnamed Trump administration officials confirmed US forces were involved. CBS said an attack was ordered by President Donald Trump.
The Pentagon referred requests for comment from AFP to the White House, but officials there did not immediately respond. Trump is on vacation at his Florida home.
The explosions in Caracas came after months of steadily mounting U.S. military and economic pressure on Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro and his country's oil-export-dependent economy.
A huge naval and aerial presence has been established in the Caribbean, including the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and other warships.
