El gobierno de Nicolás Maduro emitió un comunicado en el que “denuncia y condena la amenaza colonialista” que —según afirma— intenta afectar la soberanía del país sobre su espacio aéreo.

El mensaje de Venezuela fue difundido este sábado como respuesta al anuncio hecho por el presidente Donald Trump a través de Truth Social.

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“A todas las aerolíneas, pilotos, narcotraficantes y traficantes de personas: les rogamos que consideren que el espacio aéreo sobre Venezuela y sus alrededores permanecerá cerrado en su totalidad“, manifestó el mandatario estadounidense.

El aviso llegó en medio de un fuerte despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe, que incluye al portaaviones más grande del mundo, el USS Gerald R. Ford, y más de una decena de barcos, aviones de combate y 12.000 efectivos. El objetivo declarado: combatir a las organizaciones de narcotráfico que operan bajo la protección del régimen chavista.

Como respuesta, el gobierno venezolano señaló que las declaraciones del presidente de Estados Unidos constituyen “una agresión extravagante, ilegal e injustificada” contra el pueblo.

En el documento, Venezuela repudia “con absoluta contundencia” la intención de Washington de “aplicar extraterritorialmente su jurisdicción” y acusa a EE.UU. de intentar “dar órdenes y amenazar la soberanía del espacio aéreo nacional, la integridad territorial y la seguridad aeronáutica”.

De igual forma, considera que este tipo de declaraciones representa “un acto hostil, unilateral y arbitrario, incompatible con los principios elementales del Derecho Internacional”. También sostiene que estas acciones representan “una política permanente de agresión” con “pretensiones coloniales” sobre América Latina y el Caribe.

El comunicado asegura que el anuncio de Trump constituye “una amenaza explícita de uso de la fuerza”, según lo establecido por la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.

Además, el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro afirma que el intento de intimidación viola el Artículo 1 de la Carta de la ONU, que consagra la paz y la seguridad internacionales. “Venezuela exige respeto irrestricto a su espacio aéreo, protegido por la OACI y por el Convenio de Chicago de 1944″, cuyo Artículo 1 reconoce la ”soberanía exclusiva y absoluta» sobre la zona aérea de cada Estado, se agrega en el documento oficial.

Asimismo, se advierte que Venezuela no “aceptará órdenes, amenazas ni injerencias provenientes de ningún poder extranjero”.

En el comunicado, también se denuncia que Estados Unidos suspendió unilateralmente los vuelos regulares para repatriación de ciudadanos venezolanos dentro del Plan Vuelta a la Patria, del que —según se indica— ya se habían realizado 75 vuelos para un total de 13.956 repatriados.

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En este contexto, el gobierno venezolano hace “un llamado directo a la comunidad internacional”, a la ONU y a los gobiernos del mundo para que rechacen “este acto de agresión inmoral” que representa “una amenaza contra la soberanía y la seguridad de la región”.

Por último, sostiene que responderá con “dignidad, legalidad y fuerza” y asegura que continuará ejerciendo “plenamente su soberanía” sobre el espacio aéreo.

“Por tierra”

Para aumentar la presión, Trump advirtió a principios de esta semana que los esfuerzos para frenar el narcotráfico venezolano “por tierra” comenzarían “muy pronto”.

En los últimos días, se ha registrado una constante actividad de aviones de combate estadounidenses a unas pocas decenas de kilómetros de la costa venezolana, según sitios web de seguimiento de aeronaves.

República Dominicana, vecina de Venezuela, autorizó a Estados Unidos esta semana el uso de instalaciones aeroportuarias como parte de su despliegue, mientras Trinidad y Tobago, también ubicada a pocos kilómetros, albergó recientemente ejercicios del Cuerpo de Marines de Estados Unidos.

Suspensión de vuelos

Las autoridades de aviación de Estados Unidos instaron, la semana pasada, a las aeronaves civiles que operan en el espacio aéreo venezolano a “actuar con precaución” debido a la “situación de seguridad que empeora y la actividad militar intensificada en o alrededor de Venezuela“.

La advertencia de Trump tuvo como consecuencia la suspensión de vuelos hacia y desde Venezuela de seis aerolíneas que representan gran parte del tráfico en Sudamérica.

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La medida enfureció a Caracas. Por esto, la autoridad aeronáutica venezolana revocó los permisos para operar en el país a la española Iberia, la portuguesa TAP, la colombiana Avianca, la filial colombiana de la chileno-brasileña Latam, la brasileña GOL y la turca Turkish.

El gobierno de Maduro señaló a las aerolíneas de “sumarse a las acciones de terrorismo de Estado promovido por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, suspendiendo unilateralmente sus operaciones aerocomerciales”.

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CHARLES TOWN, W.V. – EXCLUSIVE: The Thanksgiving Eve shooting that has left one West Virginia National Guard member dead and another clinging to his life enraged top officials in Charleston, West Virginia — as one placed blame squarely on the disastrous 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and said his state is «one big small town» that is mourning together.

The suspect, Rahmahullah Lakanwal, reportedly worked with a CIA-operated unit that fought the Taliban on America’s behalf, Fox News Digital confirmed, which helped evacuate people during the fall of Kabul under then-President Joe Biden.

West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Josh Holstein told Fox News Digital Friday the news angered him, and that anger turned to devastation when Sarah Beckstrom of Summersville, West Virginia, succumbed to her wounds, and as Andrew Wolfe of Inwood, West Virginia, remains in critical condition.

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«It’s just been a horrible tragedy here in West Virginia,» said Holstein, who is also a state delegate from Boone County, West Virginia. «This doesn’t happen for West Virginians very often, and it’s just such a deep tragedy.» 

«One of the things that I’ve … said from the beginning is West Virginia is just one big small town,» he said. «And folks come together in tragedy, in triumph, in everything. We come together and we celebrate, we mourn, always together.» 

Holstein said that in times like this political parties don’t matter, and that Mountaineers came again together after the shooting. West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin to Republican Sens. Jim Justice and Shelley Moore Capito all offered similar heartfelt reactions.

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Travelers are greeted by a West Virginia welcome sign after crossing the East River Mountain Tunnel on I-77 in Princeton, West Virginia.  (Charlie Creitz/Fox News Digital)

«West Virginians of all political sides of the aisle came together and just mourn(ed) and share a sense of deep grief, but not only grief, but gratitude for these folks, especially these these two young folks,» he said. «And then yesterday, of course, with it being Thanksgiving, it was a somber reminder that not all of us all of us get together with our families on Thanksgiving.»

«These two were at the time, both fighting for their life, and now one has since passed away,» he said. «I, I just feel that West Virginians in particular have such a unique drive for service. You can see it in our numbers per capita on how many veterans we have compared to other states in the country. We’re always willing and always able to serve each other and . . . it’s a really a perfect description of who West Virginians are.»

As reports came out about Lakanwal’s origins and background, that sentiment turned to fury, Holstein said, remarking that the 29-year-old Afghan «was not even supposed to be here.»

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West Virginia GOP Chairman Del. Josh Holstein’s official state portrait. (West Virginia House of Delegates)

Turning to the 2021 Afghan withdrawal during which Lakanwal found his way to the U.S., Holstein remarked that «when you create chaos, chaos follows.»

«That Afghanistan withdrawal was complete debacle; complete chaos,» he said. «And it led to people literally running and jumping on planes and coming to the United States as a result of it. It was complete chaos. There was not a deliberate system, irrespective and irregardless of what any of the administration officials of the past administration had said about it.»

«It’s really just an indictment on our country’s immigration system,» he said. «We have an immigration system that puts other people first. It doesn’t put American citizens first, it doesn’t put the good of the country first. It puts other people from random places throughout the country.»

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Holstein said President Donald Trump struck the right response when he pledged to crack down on third-world-country immigration and immigration from unstable governments.

«I think this is just yet again an example one thousand of our need to focus more on merit-based immigration and vetting who comes into our country at all times,» he said.

Asked whether he wants to see the West Virginia National Guard continue to deploy to Washington as part of Trump’s and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s efforts to clean up crime, Holstein was undeterred.

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«We can’t cower to people like this (Lakanwal). You can’t cower in tragedy,» he said, adding that there are about 150 other guardsmen from his state serving in Washington.

«So, I hope to see everybody stay there and maybe even have some more folks come in from different places,» he added.

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Tessa Hoyos contributed to this report.

The Trump administration harshly criticized the United Kingdom over its handling of mass immigration and the long-running rape gang scandal that has victimized white girls across the country.

In a statement posted to X, the U.S. State Department called on its Europe-based diplomats to track the effects of rampant immigration. While the statement zeroed in on the U.K., it also highlighted similar problems in Germany and Sweden.

«The State Department instructed U.S. embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration,» the statement read. «Officials will also report policies that punish citizens who object to continued mass migration and document crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background.»

The statement referenced the so-called «grooming gangs» made up of mostly Pakistani men who have victimized young girls for decades, with little action taken by the government.

«In the United Kingdom, thousands of girls have been victimized in Rotherham, Oxford, and Newcastle by grooming gangs involving migrant men,» the State Department said. «Many girls were left to suffer unspeakable abuse for years before authorities stepped in.»

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A day after the statement, GB News reported that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters at the G20 in South Africa that the national inquiry would «leave no stone unturned.»

The State Department’s warning comes weeks after several victims — who were members of the independent inquiry — resigned over what they claimed was a continuation of a cover-up. 

One abuse survivor, Ellie Reynolds, told cable channel GMB that the existence of grooming gangs has been «brushed under the carpet» and that «our voices have been silenced.»

She was supported by fellow survivor Fiona Goddard, who was groomed from the age of 14, and said that when she spoke out for help she was dismissed as a «child prostitute» by authorities.

Goddard resigned to protest the cover-up, saying members of the grooming gangs near Bradford were in the «vast majority … Pakistani men.»

Successive governments — both Conservative and Labour — have been dealing with the revelations for years that a number of grooming gangs, often consisting mostly of men of South Asian or Pakistani heritage, have sexually exploited girls for decades across the north of England.

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A British Union Jack flies from a souvenir stall near the Houses of Parliament in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Prior to the inquiry, Starmer had commissioned a national audit led by Baroness Louise Casey earlier this year. 

On the hot-button issue of the backgrounds of the criminals, the Casey report stated in part, «We found that the ethnicity of perpetrators is shied away from and is still not recorded for two-thirds of perpetrators, so we are unable to provide any accurate assessment from the nationally collected data.»

It continued: «Despite the lack of a full picture in the national data sets, there is enough evidence available in local police data in three police force areas which we examined which show disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds amongst suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation, as well as in the significant number of perpetrators of Asian ethnicity identified in local reviews and high-profile child sexual exploitation prosecutions across the country, to at least warrant further examination.»

A woman poses at her home in England, January 8, 2025. She was 14 when she was sexually abused by a grooming gang in Rochdale, England. (Hollie Adams/Reuters)

Her audit also identified other perpetrators, including White British, European, African or Middle Eastern individuals.

The results of the audit produced 12 recommendations to the government, which have been implemented, including a national inquiry to «direct local investigations and hold institutions to account for past failures.» 

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But the Starmer government has been set back by a failure to appoint a chair for the inquiry, and it has faced resignations as critics have accused the Labour government of covering it up for political reasons.

Alan Mendoza, founder of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «successive governments» have allowed «gangs of largely South Asian Muslims to target white British girls, claiming, «the Labour government doesn’t want to be seen as stigmatizing demographics or potentially losing votes.»

«I hope that the inquiry will focus more specifically on the real issue plaguing the U.K. over the last 20 years,» Mendoza added.

A woman poses with a sign as members of the public queue to enter a council meeting during a protest calling for justice for victims of sexual abuse and grooming gangs, outside the council offices at City Center on Jan. 20, 2025 in Oldham, England.  (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

The point person for the government’s inquiry is Labour member of Parliament Jess Phillips, who has served as the parliamentary undersecretary of state for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls since July 2024.

However, Phillips is facing heavy scrutiny over how she’s handling the set-up of the inquiry.

Asked in Parliament about the nature of the inquiry and whether it will address the perpetrators’ ethnicity, she vowed to be transparent.

«There is absolutely no sense that ethnicity will be buried away,» Phillips said. «Every single time that there is an apparently needless delay — even though it took seven months to put in place chairs for both the COVID inquiry and the blood inquiry, and nobody moaned about that — it gets used to say that we want to cover something up. That is the misinformation I am talking about. It will not cover things up. We are taking time to ensure that that can never happen.»

Elon Musk weighed in on the matter in a series of X statements earlier this year, stating that Phillips, was a «rape genocide apologist» and the world was witnessing «the worst mass crime against the people of Britain ever.» 

Philips told the BBC that his comments were «disinformation» and «endangering» her, but said it was nothing compared to what the victims of the abuse had faced. 

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Commentators say the challenge for the government now is to find those credible and willing to bring justice and lasting change so it won’t happen again.

Fox News Digital reached out to Phillips’ office but received no response.