PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Sep.2025, Words: 408) — The government of Venezuela denounced what it labeled an illegal and hostile assault on 12 Sep. 2025 of a Venezuelan fishing ship by an US Navy destroyer, the USS “Jason Dunham” (DDG-109), which is equipped with powerful cruise missiles and manned by highly trained marines.
The Venezuelan ship “Carmen Rosa,” crewed by 9 tuna fishermen, was intercepted while sailing 48 nautical miles northeast of La Blanquilla Island, in waters belonging to the Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez said on 13 Sep. 2025 in an official statement.
