Venezuelan Regime Leaders Are Sleeping In a Different Place Every Night Due To Pressure From Trump Admin: Report

Leaders of the Venezuelan regime are concerned about their personal safety as a result of the Trump administration's pressure campaign and taking action on a daily basis, according to a new report.

Citing "well-connected business people" inside the country, the Financial Times detailed that regime figures have changed their mobile phones, are sleeping in different cities every night and have changed their Cuban bodyguards for a new batch from Havana.

"Security protocol dictates that officials constantly move between different sites," a Venezuelan general told the outlet. He specified that regime figures are moving between Caracas, Valencia and Maracay.

The administration's end goal is toppling authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, the outlet added. The pressure campaign in the Caribbean and strikes against alleged drug vessels seek to convey the message than staying will be more costly than leaving, the outlet added.

Maduro has been seeking to appease Trump, most recently pleading for peace with the U.S. "We don't want war in the Caribbean and South America," Maduro said during a televised message. He then changed to English, saying: "Not war, yes peace. With the people of the United States. Please, please, please. Listen to me. From the people of the Bolivarian Republic."

The Trump administration, however, is ramping up pressure: On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that a Special Operations aviation unit has flown less than a 100 miles from Venezuela, yet another message to Caracas.

The report came a day after President Donald Trump confirmed he authorized the CIA to conduct lethal operations inside Venezuela, with officials telling The New York Times that the ultimate goal is removing Maduro from power.

Moreover, the Miami Herald reported on Thursday that the Trump administration rejected an offer by the Venezuelan regime to oust Maduro and undergo a transition. And on Friday U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz claimed that the Trump administration's pressure campaign is "consistent with the law of armed conflict and Article 51 of the UN Charter."