An overview of Caracas amid rising tensions between the administration of US President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s government, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday 27 November 2025;
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VENEZUELA (Reuters) - On Sunday 30 November 2025, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly said it will form a special commission to investigate US President Donald Trump's deadly strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Speaking on state television, Jorge Rodriguez said the investigation would look into a Washington Post report on Friday 28 November that said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all people aboard one of the boats killed during a strike in September. A second strike was then carried out to kill two survivors, the report said.
"We are going to carry out a rigorous and deep investigation," Rodriguez told a press conference, adding that the country's prosecutor's office would be involved.
The US for months has waged a campaign of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats in the region. Maduro and his government have denied any involvement in crime and have accused the US of seeking regime change out of a desire to control Venezuela's vast oil reserves.
On Saturday 29 November, Trump said the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety," but gave no further details. Venezuela's government called his comments a "colonialist threat" against its sovereignty.
