Two US fighter jets circle Gulf of Venezuela in escalation of hostilities

Trump had further said Nicolas Maduro's days are numbered' as military has targeted alleged drug boats

Two US fighter jets circled the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday, in what appeared to be an escalation of the Trump administration's ongoing hostilities toward the South American country and its leftist leader, Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelans and South American media followed the flights in real time using websites like FlightRadar24, which showed a pair of F/A-18 Super Hornets flying together into the narrow Gulf of Venezuela for about 40 minutes. The jets flew just north of Maracaibo, Venezuela's most populous city.