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Venezuelans react to US strike on boat that Trump said targeted gang

(4 Sep 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4601075 ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venezuela - 3 September 2025 1. Various of news papers showing headlines about the strike on boat which the U.S. government claimed carried drugs from Venezuela. Headline reads (Spanish): "Government points out AI montage with alleged sunk boat" 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Guillermo Salas, 56, Caracas resident: ++ OVERLAID BY SHOT 1-4 ++ "Images of war tend to be a bit strange but I think they won't lie with that and the AI can be used for so many things. I think this is not the case, given it's something as serious as this. Anyway it's a very recent news and it's likely that in the next hours, days, surely more information will arise." 3. Newspaper headline reads (Spanish): "Trump invents an attack to Venezuelan boat and Rubio proves it with AI" 4. Various of monument in Caracas dedicated to Soviet soldiers who fought in World War II 5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Guillermo Salas, 56, digital marketing worker: ++ PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 6 - 7 ++ "It is worrying because he (Trump) says it is about drugs, but on the other hand they are giving money, a reward for information to see if they get the president (Nicolás Maduro). 6. People walking next to mural showing Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro 7. Various of people walking in the street 8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oscar Anteliz, retiree: ++ PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 7, 9-10 ++ "We expect a change for the good of all Venezuelans. A group of families, be it Maduro, Flores, Cabello, Rodriguez, who are the new owners and lords of the valley, they think they own Venezuela, they cannot dominate 30 million of human beings that are all Venezuelans, we are 30 million who are waiting to see what happens." 9. People walking on the street 10. Various of people walking past a mural showing president Nicolás Maduro STORYLINE: Venezuelans reacted from Caracas on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his administration’s military role in the Caribbean with what he called a deadly strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel. From Caracas some Venezuelans expressed worry about the escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela. The deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the Caribbean this week is the latest in a series of extraordinary measures that President Donald Trump has taken to combat the threat it sees from the Tren de Aragua gang. The White House has offered few details on Tuesday’s attack and insists the 11 people aboard were members of the gang. U.S. officials have yet to explain how the military determined that those aboard the vessel were Tren de Aragua members. The strike represents a paradigm shift in how the U.S. is willing to combat drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere. The Venezuelan government limited its reaction to the strike to questioning the veracity of a video showing the attack. Communications Minister Freddy Ñáñez suggested it was created using artificial intelligence and described it as an “almost cartoonish animation, rather than a realistic depiction of an explosion.” Some Caracas residents questioned that version. "Images of war tend to be a bit strange but I think they won't lie with that", said Guillermo Salas, who works in digital marketing. Salas said he received the news with pre-occupation about what could happen. "For the first time he (Donald Trump) says something, and for the first time he acted. I don't know how this will end up, but it is worrying." AP Video shot by Juan Arraez Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...