Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro attends a meeting at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 22. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro wrote to US President Donald Trump days after a US strike on an alleged drug boat and offered to engage in direct talks with special envoy Richard Grenell.

In his letter, shared on Telegram by Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and confirmed to CNN by a US source with knowledge of the matter, Maduro denies being involved in narco-trafficking – referring to the allegations as “fake news, propagated through various media channels” – and offers to engage in “a direct and frank conversation with your special envoy.”

The letter, signed by Maduro, is dated September 6, four days after a US strike killed 11

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