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Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela
https://abc30.com ^ | January 4, 2026 | ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ

Posted on 01/04/2026 8:57:43 PM PST by Enterprise

HAVANA -- An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation.

The Cuban military and police officers were on a mission the Caribbean country's military was carrying out at the request of Venezuela's government, according to a statement read on Cuban state TV on Sunday night.

What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear, but Cuba is a close ally of Venezuela's government and has sent military and police forces to assist in operations for years. Rumors of the deaths circulated on the island over the weekend.

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1 posted on 01/04/2026 8:57:43 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

They should not have been in the way.


2 posted on 01/04/2026 8:59:49 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Enterprise

They picked a bad day to sleep in.


3 posted on 01/04/2026 9:00:43 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Enterprise

GOOD


4 posted on 01/04/2026 9:02:25 PM PST by Kakaze (I'd like the Republic back)
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To: Enterprise

Dang it! Ya beat me to it.


5 posted on 01/04/2026 9:04:27 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Enterprise

Just heard a Cuban American who said that the Cubans killed there were Maduro’s security team. That this is what cuba offers other commie countries instead of money/ weapons etc. This was on the Billy Cunningham radio show.


6 posted on 01/04/2026 9:05:04 PM PST by Chani (Drive By poster)
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To: Enterprise

What kind of expertise could Cuban military personnel bring, other than how to fix 1950s vintage deuce and a halfs?


7 posted on 01/04/2026 9:05:16 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Enterprise

I don’t believe it, but even if I did, I think it’s just a claim to make the US look bad. They could have done it themselves and blamed the US for it.

I wonder how many people those officials killed. So if they did get killed, what goes around, comes around.


8 posted on 01/04/2026 9:05:35 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Enterprise

How many wounded?


9 posted on 01/04/2026 9:05:46 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Deaf Smith
What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear …

… and we certainly wouldn’t want to hazard a guess.

10 posted on 01/04/2026 9:05:46 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Enterprise

Did any of the Cubans survive?

When the Commies fall in Havana, will the taxi drivers make a small fortune selling their classic cars to American collectors?


11 posted on 01/04/2026 9:06:09 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Enterprise
What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear

Perhaps they were there working on Climate Change.

On the other hand, perhaps they were at the forefront of Venezuelan recycling.

12 posted on 01/04/2026 9:07:09 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Enterprise

The day and mid-evening shifts are drinking themselves into oblivion.


13 posted on 01/04/2026 9:08:06 PM PST by Salvavida
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To: Enterprise

14 posted on 01/04/2026 9:09:01 PM PST by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: Chani

>> That this is what cuba offers other commie countries instead of money/ weapons etc.

“No tenemos mucho dinero, but we can offer you a crappy security team!”
😂


15 posted on 01/04/2026 9:09:33 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Enterprise

16 posted on 01/04/2026 9:09:35 PM PST by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: metmom

I think it’s just a claim to make the US look bad. “

Maybe but it doesn’t. They should not have been there.


17 posted on 01/04/2026 9:10:15 PM PST by iamgalt
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18 posted on 01/04/2026 9:12:10 PM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise

“Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela”

just a bonus kill; so what ya’ll gonna do about it?


19 posted on 01/04/2026 9:14:48 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Enterprise
Cuban soldiers?

Sounds like What happened when we invaded Grenada.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

20 posted on 01/04/2026 9:16:44 PM PST by ZOOKER
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