Not the farse that narco-dictator Maduro is making up to stay in power," Salazar said in a social media publication. — María Elvira Salazar 🇺🇸 (@MaElviraSalazar) October 2, 2025The Maduro regime launched fireworks from El Helicoide, a Caracas detention facility widely documented as a site of torture. Moreover, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez claimed that five U.S. jets approached the country's coastline on Thursday, an action he described as "military harassment." "I am denouncing this military harassment in front of the world," the official said in a televised address. Padrino didn't specify where the incident took place nor if the country's authoritarian government will respond to the sorties.