President Donald Trump has alleged that U.S. forces bombed a “big facility” in Venezuela on December 24. In stark contrast to the boat attacks and seizure of oil tankers, which Trump was quick to announce, the administration has not yet shown evidence of last week’s strike or provided further details.

At the time of writing, the Venezuelan government has not issued any statements on the matter. Despite Trump’s claim that there was a “major explosion in the dock area” and another attack that destroyed the facility, there are no videos, photographs, audio recordings, or other testimonies circulating on social media from people who witnessed or recorded the event.

None of this rules out that the attack took place, but it does leave many questions unanswered about the veracity of the event or, at the very least, its real scope and magnitude.

Trump first spoke about the event last Friday in a WABC radio interview with billionaire GOP donor John Catsimatidis, explaining, “They have a big plant, or a big facility, where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out.”

He mentioned the attack again on December 29, during a press conference with the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, orchestrator of the genocide in Gaza. While he declined to say whether the attack was carried out by the army or the CIA, sources have since confirmed that it was the latter.

The only confirmation so far of an explosion somewhere on the Venezuelan coast comes from statements by Primazol, an animal feed manufacturer, who claimed that one of their plants in the San Francisco industrial zone in Maracaibo had been hit.

“We regret to inform you that, unfortunately, in the early hours of December 24, one of our warehouses at our Maracaibo headquarters suffered an accident,” says the statement posted on the company’s Instagram account a couple of days ago, addressing customers and business partners. It goes on to point out that, thanks to the quick action of the company’s staff and the security forces, “the event was brought under control and only material losses were reported.”

A second warehouse at the same headquarters was not affected, according to the statement, which added: “We want to reassure you that our commercial activity continues as normal: our headquarters in Valencia and Guarenas are 100 percent operational and are strengthening their logistical capacity.”

In response to reports on social media from proponents of Trump’s intervention claiming that the factory was targeted for engaging in illegal drug trafficking, the company released a second statement, writing, “We categorically reject the versions of the event circulating on social media … These statements have no relation to the incident that occurred and do not correspond to official or verified information.”

On the other hand, those familiar with the region point out that the facilities of the company in question are quite far from the docks — the place where the attack allegedly took place, according to Trump.

Government officials in Venezuela have not yet issued a statement. However, it is worth remembering that when Trump first announced an attack on a small boat in the Caribbean, the Venezuelan government also dismissed it, with some even saying that the video was AI generated.

Conflicting reports and silence from both Washington and Caracas have fueled various hypotheses regarding the attack’s validity, scope, and intent. One theory suggests the operation was a minor, highly targeted strike designed primarily to provide Trump with fodder for his characteristically hyperbolic media announcements. This would allow him to claim some kind of victory or significant achievement before the end of the year to prove that he followed through with his promise of land attacks.

In this scenario, the Venezuelan government might continue its policy of restraint, “playing dumb” to avoid escalation. Alternatively, it could mirror Iran’s response to the U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities by launching a symbolic military action, effectively declaring the matter settled without triggering a full-scale conflict.

So far all this is a matter of speculation. If the strike is confirmed, it would mark yet another grave incident of the United States attacking Latin America with impunity, met by a total lack of regional resistance. This is an act that must be repudiated and condemned by the working classes across the region and from within the heart of U.S. imperialism.

This article was originally published in Spanish on December 29, 2025 in La Izquierda Diario Venezuela.

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