U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Sampson DDG-102 docks near the entrance to the Panama Canal, amid a large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean, in Panama City, Panama, August 31, 2025.
WASHINGTON--The U.S. military attacked a vessel from Venezuela in the Caribbean on Tuesday that was carrying illegal drugs, officials said, in the first known operation since the Trump administration's recent surge of warships to the region.