US Says Venezuelan Plane Aggressively Shadowed a US Military Aircraft

US Says Venezuelan Plane Aggressively Shadowed a US Military Aircraft
A Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MK2 aircraft. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. military on July 21 accused a Venezuelan fighter aircraft of “aggressively” shadowing a U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II plane over international airspace.

The encounter between the two planes occurred on Friday, the same day that the Trump administration announced it was imposing sanctions on four top officials in Venezuela’s military counterintelligence agency.