Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Venezuelan authorities said they uncovered an operation targeting the USS Gravely, a guided-missile destroyer that docked Sunday in Trinidad and Tobago — within firing distance of the Venezuelan mainland. The ship’s arrival sparked outrage in Caracas, which called it a ‘provocation’ …. Maduro on Monday evening announced he had suspended a gas agreement with Trinidad and Tobago …. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said Monday that a cell ‘financed by the CIA’ planned to attack the USS Gravely and frame Caracas. Four people were arrested, Cabello said, without providing details of the alleged suspects. Venezuela regularly claims to have arrested US-backed mercenaries working to destabilize Maduro’s administration. … Tensions rose further Monday as two US B-1B bombers flew over the Caribbean near Venezuela, the third such show of force in recent weeks.” (10/27/25)