Venezuela's National Assembly to investigate US boat strikes


FILE PHOTO: An overview of Caracas amid rising tensions between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s government, in Caracas, Venezuela, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Venezuela's National Assembly will form a special commission to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump's deadly strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the congressional body's president said on Sunday.

Speaking on state television, Jorge Rodriguez said the investigation would look into a Washington Post report on Friday that said U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all people aboard one of the boats killed during a strike in September. A second strike was then carried out to kill two survivors, the report said.

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