The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reportedly carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a dock facility along Venezuela’s coastline believed to be used by drug traffickers, marking the first known US land-based military action inside the South American nation under President Donald Trump, according to US media reports.

CNN reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the operation, that the strike targeted a remote dock used by a Venezuelan criminal group to store narcotics and transfer them onto boats for shipment abroad. The operation was conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles, and no individuals were present at the site at the time of the strike.

According to the report, the strike caused damage to the dock infrastructure, but there were no casualties. The CIA has not publicly commented on the operation, and neither the Pentagon nor other US agencies have officially confirmed responsibility.

President Trump appeared to acknowledge the operation earlier on Monday while speaking to reporters in Florida. He said the United States had destroyed a “dock area” in Venezuela where drug traffickers allegedly loaded narcotics onto boats.

“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump said. “So we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area — it’s an implementation area, that’s where they implement, and that is no longer around.”

However, Trump did not specify which US agency carried out the strike. If confirmed, the operation would represent a significant escalation in Washington’s anti-narcotics campaign and the first known land strike by the Trump administration inside oil-rich Venezuela.

Trump had first revealed details of the operation in a radio interview with WABC on Friday, stating that his administration had dismantled what he described as a major drug production or transit facility.

“We just knocked out — I don’t know if you read or saw — they have a big plant or big facility where the ships come from,” Trump said. “Two nights ago, we knocked that out, so we hit them very hard.”

For months, the United States has been intensifying its military presence in Caribbean waters near Venezuela as part of what the White House has described as an aggressive campaign against narco-terrorism. Since September, US forces have reportedly sunk approximately 30 vessels suspected of carrying illicit drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific regions. According to US officials, these operations have resulted in more than 100 deaths.

Venezuela has consistently rejected US allegations of state-linked drug trafficking and has accused Washington of pursuing a broader agenda aimed at regime change and military expansion in Latin America. The Venezuelan government has yet to issue an official response to the reported dock strike.

On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government remains open to dialogue with the United States, provided discussions are conducted on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference in Venezuela’s internal affairs.

The reported CIA operation underscores rising tensions between Washington and Caracas and highlights the increasingly blurred lines between counter-narcotics enforcement and military action in the region, raising concerns among analysts about potential escalation and regional instability.