Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López on Oct. 2 accused the United States of provocation after five U.S. fighter jets were allegedly detected near the coastline of Venezuela.
Padrino said the country’s air defense system detected five F-35 aircraft with flight characteristics of 400 knots and flying at an altitude of around 35,000 feet near the Maiquetia region.
“They are imperialist combat planes that have dared to come close to the Venezuelan coast,” Padrino stated in comments broadcast on state television.
Padrino noted that the incident was corroborated when an international airline reported the sighting of the U.S. aircraft to a control tower in Maiquetia….