The Trump administration has planned attacks on military installations inside Venezuela, which could come at any moment as the United States is escalating its offensive against the Soles drug cartel, sources familiar with the matter told the Miami Herald.

The planned attacks will seek to destroy military installations used by the drug-trafficking organisation the US claims is headed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and top members of his regime. Sources said the strikes also aim to destroy the cartel’s hierarchy.

This marks the latest escalation in Washington’s conflict with Venezuela, after the Wall Street Journal reported that the US flew two B-1 Lancers close to the Venezuelan airspace, days after other American warplanes carried out what US officials described as an “attack

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