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According to The New York Times, the Trump administration has quietly authorized covert CIA operations targeting narco and paramilitary networks aligned with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro. However, the distinction between covert and public is increasingly blurred, as the information has now become part of public discourse. These operations ostensibly aim to disrupt drug trafficking routes and destabilize illicit networks, but their public acknowledgment hints at a broader message: the U.S. willingness to escalate its presence in Latin America against illegal trafficking.