{"id":19450,"date":"2020-06-24T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/24\/us-navy-conducts-fonop-off-venezuelan-coast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:58:17","slug":"us-navy-conducts-fonop-off-venezuelan-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/24\/us-navy-conducts-fonop-off-venezuelan-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy conducts FONOP off Venezuelan coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. Navy warship conducted a freedom of navigation operation, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/28\/navy-conducts-years-first-fonop-in-south-china-sea\/\" target=_blank>FONOP<\/a>, Tuesday off Venezuela in an effort to contest \u201can excessive maritime claim\u201d by the South American nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guided-missile destroyer Nitze undertook the FONOP outside of Venezuela\u2019s 12-nautical-mile territorial waters, according to a release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcom.mil\/News\/PressReleases\/Article\/2229205\/us-navy-conducts-freedom-of-navigation-operation-contests-venezuelas-excessive\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Southern Command<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A command official said the mission was undertaken \u201cto challenge Venezuela\u2019s excessive maritime claim of security jurisdiction from 12 to 15 nautical miles along its coastline and prior permission requirement for military operations within the Exclusive Economic Zone, which are contrary to international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.oecd.org\/glossary\/detail.asp?ID=884\" target=_blank>Exclusive economic zones<\/a> stretch out 200 nautical miles from a country\u2019s coasts and grant that nation control over fisheries and resources there, but those swaths are still <a href=\"https:\/\/share.america.gov\/what-do-you-know-about-international-waters\/\" target=_blank>international waters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nitze\u2019s FONOP follows a similar operation in January by the littoral combat ship Detroit, according to command spokesman Jose Ruiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States has joined nearly 60 other countries in backing Venezuela\u2019s opposition leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/journalrecord\/article\/20cded816b7ca0fb6a7f8ce9635c8869\/trump-sanctions-targeting-venezuelas-maduro-lead-mexico\" target=_blank>Juan Guaid\u00f3<\/a>, as the country\u2019s legitimate ruler, rather than the dictatorial <a href=\"https:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/journalrecord\/article\/20cded816b7ca0fb6a7f8ce9635c8869\/trump-sanctions-targeting-venezuelas-maduro-lead-mexico\" target=_blank>President Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, who is accused of illegitimately winning a 2018 election that banned other opponents and driving his oil-rich country into financial ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/28\/navy-conducts-years-first-fonop-in-south-china-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-Montgomery.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy conducts year\u2019s first FONOP in South China Sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Sunday&#039;s target was Fiery Cross Reef, officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s naval operation \u201clawfully navigated an area the illegitimate Maduro regime falsely claims to have control over, a claim that is inconsistent with international law,\u201d the SOUTHCOM release states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Administration continues its unwavering support for interim President Guaid\u00f3, the democratically-elected National Assembly, and the Venezuelan people in their fight for freedom, basic human rights, and a restoration of democracy and the rule of law,\u201d the White House National Security Council tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy regularly carries out such FONOPs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/28\/navy-conducts-years-first-fonop-in-south-china-sea\/\" target=_blank>South China Sea<\/a> to reinforce that waters increasingly claimed by Beijing are international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships are deployed to SOUTHCOM\u2019s Caribbean waters as part of an \u201cenhanced counter-narcotics operations,\u201d according to the command release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, preserving the rights, freedoms and lawful use of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all nations,\u201d SOUTHCOM\u2019s commander, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Our-Story\/Biographies\/Biography\/Article\/1763126\/admiral-craig-s-faller\/\" target=_blank>Adm. Craig Faller<\/a>, said in a statement. \u201cThese freedoms are the bedrock of ongoing security efforts, and essential to regional peace and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/05\/us-had-nothing-to-do-with-ex-green-berets-failed-raid-in-venezuela-secdef-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20124719196596.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US \u2018had nothing to do\u2019 with ex-Green Beret\u2019s failed raid in Venezuela, says Esper<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cThe United States government had nothing to do with what\u2019s happened in Venezuela in the last few days,\u201d Esper said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. FONOP follows the arrival of five gasoline tankers from Iran off the Venezuelan coast late last month, an effort to ease Venezuela\u2019s fuels shortage that defies U.S. sanctions targeting the two countries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/05\/24\/1st-iranian-ship-reaches-venezuela-with-no-sign-of-us-interference\/\" target=_blank>the Associated Press reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two U.S. citizens and at least a dozen Venezuelans were arrested May 4 after attempting to overthrow Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bizarre operation 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