B-52S FLY OFF VENEZUELA AS TRUMP ESCALATES CARIBBEAN DRUG CRACKDOWN TO PROTECT U.S. BORDER

Three U.S. B-52 bombers flew for hours about 150 miles north of Venezuela in a show-of-force tied to an intensified counter-narcotics campaign aimed at curbing flows toward the U.S. border. The flights follow multiple precision strikes on suspected drug vessels and come as Caracas petitions the U.N. over alleged civilian deaths; U.S. officials frame the operations as targeting narco-terror networks. President Trump said he authorized covert CIA actions and is considering land strikes, signaling a stepped-up interdiction effort with border security implications.