While reading a statement on Saturday, Foreign Minister Yván Gil told journalists the Venezuelan tuna boat was “illegally and hostilely boarded by a United States Navy destroyer” and 18 armed personnel who remained on the vessel for eight hours, preventing communication and the fishermen’s normal activities.
U.S. navy raided a tuna boat in the Caribbean, Venezuela says, as tensions rise
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“Let us immediately demand an end to this deployment, which has no other reason than to threaten a sovereign people,” he added during a virtual meeting of members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States regional group.
Nicolas Maduro says Venezuela ready to respond to U.S. military presence in the Caribbean
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