The U.S. sent B-1 bombers to the Caribbean just a week after flying B-52 bombers near Venezuela. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how the Pentagon is stepping up its show of force.

Venezuela’s UN Ambassador, Samuel Moncada, accused the U.S. of being "bloodthristy" and urged the Security Council to take action.

Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N., Samuel Moncada, condemned on Thursday a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

President Donald Trump denied a report published Thursday by the Wall Street Journal that U.S. B-1 bombers were sent near Venezuela as tensions escalate with the Caribbean nation led by Nicolás Maduro.

President Trump said six "narcoterrorists" were killed in the latest strike, bringing the number of people killed in such attacks since September to at least 27.

The Air Force launched multiple B-52 bombers in what it called a “bomber attack demonstration” off the coast of Venezuela.