File Photo: Colombia's President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the commemoration of the 134th anniversary of the National Police and the promotion of officers at the General Santander Police Academy in Bogota on November 13, 2025. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on December 30, 2025, that the United States bombed a cocaine factory in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, which he linked to the Colombian guerrilla group ELN. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
December 30, 2025
Colombia’s Petro says US bombed suspected cocaine factory in Venezuela
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AFP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said the United States bombed a suspected cocaine factory in the port city of Maracaibo, Venezuela.
“We know that Trump bombed a factory, in Maracaibo, which we fear was mixing coca paste to make cocaine,” Petro said on X, a day after Trump confirmed the United States struck a docking area for alleged drug boats in Venezuela — though it was not immediately clear if this was the same location.
