Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump had also denied it.
EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, 31 October 2025 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Friday that the United States is preparing to bomb military installations in Venezuela, hours after US President Donald Trump also denied it, and criticized the Miami Herald for writing “a false story.”
“Their ‘sources,’ who claimed to have ‘knowledge of the situation,’ tricked them into writing a false story,” Rubio wrote on the social network X, alluding to the news published by the Miami Herald.
The cited media outlet reported this Friday, along with The Wall Street Journal, a possible US attack in Venezuela, citing “sources with knowledge of the situation.”
But while The Wall Street Journal clarified that “the president has not made a final decision on ordering ground bombings,” the Miami newspaper maintained that attacks from the air could occur “in a matter of days or even hours.”
The UN accused the Trump Administration of having “violated international law” with these attacks, which it considers “extrajudicial executions.”
Trump denied considering attacking Venezuela while traveling aboard Air Force One when asked about the reports published by these media outlets. “No, they’re not true,” he replied, without providing further details.
If carried out, the attacks would escalate tensions with the government of Nicolás Maduro following the military deployment in the Caribbean – which will soon include the largest US aircraft carrier – and attacks on vessels under the pretext that they are loaded with drugs and heading towards the US.
On Tuesday, Trump reiterated that he will stop drugs entering “by land” after almost two months of bombing 15 boats in the Pacific and the Caribbean, which have left 61 dead and three survivors since the 1st of September.
“We are finally waging war against the cartels. We are waging a war like you have never seen before, and we are going to win this battle. We are already winning it at sea,” the president declared in a speech to U.S. troops in Japan.
The UN accused the Trump Administration of having “violated international law” with these attacks, which it considers “extrajudicial executions.”
“These attacks, and their growing human cost, are unacceptable. The United States must put an end to them,” demanded Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In a few days, the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, the most modern and important in the US fleet, is expected to arrive in the Caribbean, joining the rest of the naval forces that are off the coast of Venezuela.
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