Journalist Claims US Drones Used in Apure Attack Against ELN

Venezuela · Latin America + Caribbean region

Journalist Sebastiana Barráez reports that a military operation against an ELN guerrilla camp in Apure was carried out using United States drones rather than Venezuelan ones. She asserts that the Venezuelan Armed Forces lack the capability to execute such an operation on their own.

Single-source report, not yet corroborated.