Reports of B-52 bombers flying off Venezuela’s coast have renewed speculation that the Trump administration could be preparing for action against the Latin American country, as tensions between the US and Caracas intensify.
Late last week a number of B-52 bombers flew off the northern coast of South America, which a US official described to Air & Space Forces as a “presence patrol”.
Then, on Monday night, tracking website Flightradar24 showed B-52 planes and two F-18 Super Hornets flying north of Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.
The BBC said it had also been able to identify four US military aircraft flying near Venezuela over the weekend, including a long-range bomber, a surveillance aircraft, a fighter jet and a refuelling tanker.
75k+ people are tracking a B-52 Stratofortress with two F/A-18 Super Hornets just north of Caracas, Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/qH9OpTZeo3
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) November 24, 2025The latest reports came as the US government designated the Cartel de los Soles, which it alleges is headed by Venezuela’s President, as a foreign terrorist organisation, giving it greater powers to target and dismantle.
Nicolas Maduro has denied the allegations and says the accusations are a “ridiculous fabrication” meant to “justify an illegitimate and illegal intervention against Venezuela”.
Military build-up
Trump has been evaluating whether to take military action against Venezuela, which he has not ruled out despite bringing up the possibility of talks with Maduro, the leader of the United Socialist Party.
The US operation has so far included a massive military build-up in the Caribbean Sea and striking boats accused of trafficking drugs, killing more than 80 people.
On Sunday, six international airlines said they had indefinitely suspended flights to Venezuela after the US aviation regulator warned of dangers from “heightened military activity”.
Passengers at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, this week (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP)The FAA warned pilots that unspecified threats “could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes” as well planes taking off and landing in the country and even aircraft on the ground.
In October, the US military flew a pair of B-1 Lancer bombers up to the coast of Venezuela, tracking data showed, a week after another group of US bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.
The US military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela, including the world’s largest warship, aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, and its carrier strike group.
There are dozens of F-18 Super Hornet jets on board the carrier, which the Pentagon said would bolster US firepower and make it easier for the US to attack air defence systems in Venezuela.
Strikes on land or other actions would be a major expansion of the current military operation.
Terror designation ‘gives new options to US President’
The terror designation for Cartel de los Soles, published on Monday in the Federal Register, is the latest measure in the Trump administration’s escalating campaign to combat drug-trafficking into the US.
USS Gerald R Ford and other warships heading towards the Caribbean (Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tajh Payne/US Navy/Reuters)US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Cartel de los Soles of being “responsible for terrorist violence” in the Western Hemisphere, while Pete Hegseth, the Defence Secretary, said the designation would give “more tools to our department to give options to the President”.
Hegseth told One America News last week: “Nothing is off the table, but nothing is automatically on the table either.”
Officials have told Reuters that the US is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days. However, the timing and whether Trump had made a final decision on such action was unclear.
In October, when asked whether the US was considering strikes on Venezuela itself, Trump said his administration was looking into it.
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“Well, I don’t want to tell you exactly, but we are certainly looking at land now because we’ve got the sea very well under control,” he said.
Maduro, who has governed Venezuela since 2013, claimed last year to have won a third six-year term in office following elections that many countries dismissed as rigged. The results sparked widespread protests across the country that resulted in the arrest of hundreds of people.
Venezuela’s de facto opposition leader, María Corina Machado, is currently in hiding, though she has expressed support for US air strikes in the Caribbean in recent interviews.
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