On December 31, 2025, local time, Venezuelan chemical company Primazo issued an official statement denying any drug-related activities. “No drugs of any kind are packaged or produced here,” the statement said. According to a notice previously issued by the company, a fire broke out at one of its facilities in Maracaibo in the early morning of December 24 due to an electrical failure in the warehouse's power line system and was not attacked or deliberately damaged.

On December 31, 2025, local time, Venezuelan chemical company Primazo issued an official statement denying any drug-related activities. “No drugs of any kind are packaged or produced here,” the statement said. According to a notice previously issued by the company, a fire broke out at one of its facilities in Maracaibo in the early morning of December 24 due to an electrical failure in the warehouse's power line system and was not attacked or deliberately damaged.