ApureDrones killed at least 19 at a Colombian guerrilla camp.
It is Venezuela’s first major attack on the National Liberation Army, which has sheltered there for years.
The strike reportedly had US assistance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in September Washington had discussed such operations with Caracas.
Venezuela has issued no statement and Washington is silent, so whether more strikes follow is unknown.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime leans critical
- frames the strike as a rupture with two decades of Chavista tolerance for the ELN, noting Caracas's silence
- InSight Crime
- asks whether the strikes start a campaign against the ELN, weighing US pressure on the Rodriguez government