US EditionTrump Reportedly Considering Plan to Destroy Cocaine Facilities Inside Venezuela
- The Trump administration is considering military actions against cocaine facilities in Venezuela, deploying an advanced aircraft carrier strike group to the Caribbean, which could lead to increased conflict with drug cartels.
- Trump stated, 'We’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country,' during a roundtable discussion.
- Critics argue that the campaign against alleged smugglers might constitute illegal extrajudicial killings, with Congress pressing for more evidence.
- Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez warned about the U.S. actions, citing attempts to enforce a regime change and describing them as irrational and warmongering.
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Trump Administration Mulls Plans to Target Cocaine Facilities Inside Venezuela
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Officials said President Trump has authorised the CIA to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, though diplomacy remains an option World News | Trump Administration Mulls Plans to Target Cocaine Facilities Inside Venezuela.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is considering the idea of targeting cocaine structures and drug trafficking routes within Venezuela, even if it doesn't have...
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Express USTrump weighs plans to target cocaine facilities inside Venezuela
Trump, in recent weeks, has escalated his rhetoric regarding carrying out land strikes inside Venezuela, while the military continues strikes against the boats allegedly smuggling narcotics in the Caribbean
The US is bombing boats carrying alleged “narco-terrorists” off the coast of Venezuela and is pointing to Nicolás Maduro as the cartel leader. But the US’s real goal is to control Venezuela’s oil reserves, according to the former head of the UN drug control program. – The idea that Venezuela is a central hub in the global cocaine trade is pure fiction, Pino Arlacchi tells the Swedish Foreign Office.
US President Donald Trump is considering plans to attack cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes within Venezuela, CNN reports, citing three US officials. They added that Trump has not yet made a final decision.
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