Maduro vows to declare a "republic in arms" if U.S. forces attack Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday claimed eight U.S. military vessels "with 1,200 missiles" were targeting his country.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday claimed eight U.S. military vessels "with 1,200 missiles" were targeting his country.
The U.S. has said the deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean, near Venezuela's territorial waters, was an anti-drug trafficking operation.
A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration's plans to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans who have had permission to live and work in the U.S.
Venezuela has responded by sending warships and drones to patrol its coastline and launching a drive to recruit thousands of militia members.
The move comes amid escalating tensions with Washington, which sent three warships and 4,000 Marines towards Venezuela last week.
The show of force is intended to send a message to Washington, which has stationed three warships off Venezuela's coast for what the U.S. says are anti-drug operations.
The U.S. is sending three warships to the waters of Venezuela as part of a major counter-narcotics operation, a White House official confirms. CBS News senior national security correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
The U.S. is deploying 3 guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American cartels.
The U.S. military has also reportedly deployed several vessels to the southern Caribbean, as part of President Trump's crackdown on Latin American drug cartels.
Nine Venezuelan men that the Trump administration deported to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison are alleging they endured physical and mental abuse at the facility in a new ProPublica report. Mica Rosenberg, an investigative reporter for ProPublica, joins "The Takeout" to share what the men told her team.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled in April that probable cause existed to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt over its removal of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
Maduro was indicted in Manhattan federal court in 2020, during the first Trump presidency on federal charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six leaders and affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, including the head of the group, known by the alias "Niño Guerrero."
Jesus Sarmiento was broadcasting live when armed men entered the residence where he was staying and shot him.
A former Venezuelan spymaster pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges — including narco-terrorism -- a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court.
Jesus Sarmiento, who had nearly 80,000 followers on TikTok, was murdered by armed men who broke into the residence where he was staying.
The Trump administration has told hundreds of thousands of migrants from several countries that they are losing their legal status in the U.S. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more details.
The Trump administration is telling more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela that their legal status is being revoked. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to end humanitarian parole protections for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Thomas Dupree joins with more.
The parole program, known as CHNV, temporarily protected roughly 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the risk of deportation.
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Friday to end humanitarian parole protections for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The court earlier ruled the Trump administration can revoke the temporary legal status of more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez and legal contributor Jessica Levinson have more.
The State Department said that it does not have an operating embassy or consulate in Venezuela and warned of "severe risks" there.
Two months ago, more than 200 Venezuelan men were deported to a Salvadoran prison without due process. A new report by the Cato Institute found that dozens had entered the U.S. legally. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has details.
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke legal protections the Biden administration gave roughly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants. Manuel Bojorquez reports how this decision affects protected migrants who live and work in Miami and other parts of South Florida.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to remove protections from some 350,000 Venezuelan migrants for now, leaving them at potential risk of deportation. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.