Venezuelan authorities have arrested a man on the island of Margarita for posting "welcome gringo ships" on social media, a reference to U.S. naval vessels currently deployed in the Caribbean. The announcement was made by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello during his weekly program on state television.
"Today we caught one in Margarita—he wrote 'welcome gringo ships,'" Cabello said, confirming the arrest but providing no details about the individual. He described the detention as part of a "new version of the Tun Tun Navideño," a phrase historically used to refer to door-to-door raids in Venezuela.
