The Venezuelan government has accused the U.S. Navy of raiding a fishing boat in Venezuelan waters. Personnel from a U.S. warship reportedly boarded the boat and then detained nine fishermen for eight hours. This comes just two weeks after the U.S. blew up a boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing 11 people who the U.S. claimed were drug smugglers. On Saturday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil decried the U.S.’s actions.
Yván Gil: “The Venezuelan government demands the United States immediately ceases these actions that put the security and peace in the Caribbean at risk.”