Armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets buzzed a US Warship in a “present of drive” on Thursday after the US army blew up a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking vessel.
CBS Information reported:
Two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the USS Jason Dunham on Thursday, based on a number of Protection Division officers who described the motion as a “present of drive.”
The Dunham, an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, is amongst a flotilla of U.S. warships dispatched to the area in current weeks that the Pentagon says have been deployed to focus on legal organizations and narco-terrorism.
CBS Information was unable to find out what actions the USS Jason Dunham took, if any, in response to the flyover.
Scoop: Two-armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over a US warship as we speak–a present of drive, @JimLaPorta and @charliecbs report. The USS Jason Dunham is amongst a flotilla of U.S. ships dispatched to focus on legal organizations and narco-terrorism. @CBSNews https://t.co/w6Bp14z1if
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 4, 2025
President Trump on Tuesday stated of the strike in opposition to a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking boat from Venezuela, “whereas the terrorists had been at sea in Worldwide waters transporting unlawful narcotics, heading to the US.”
Trump not too long ago designated overseas drug cartels, together with the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Era Cartel, MS-13, and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, as Overseas Terrorist Organizations with an executive order on his first day in workplace.
On Tuesday Trump introduced 11 terrorists had been killed within the army strike.
“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Army Forces performed a kinetic strike in opposition to positively recognized Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists within the SOUTHCOM space of duty,” he introduced.
“TDA is a chosen Overseas Terrorist Group, working below the management of Nicolas Maduro, accountable for mass homicide, drug trafficking, intercourse trafficking, and acts of violence and terror throughout the US and Western Hemisphere.”
President Trump posted an unclassified video of the drug trafficking vessel being blow up.
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