Venezuela reports five combat planes near coast, calls it "provocation" from US

"The presence of these planes flying close to our Caribbean Sea is a vulgarity, a provocation, a threat to the security of the nation."

Venezuela itself flew fighter jets over US ships in a previous incident, earning the ire of US security officials.

The US has deployed a fleet of warships through the Caribbean, which Washington says is to combat drug trafficking, and has also struck several boats it claims were carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing those aboard.

(Reporting by Reuters)