US Sinks Suspected Cartel Boat Off Venezuela as Trump Signals Ongoing Military Campaign
The U.S. military targeted a Venezuelan gang's drug vessel in international waters, killing 11 suspected narcoterrorists without casualties, as part of an intensified drug war campaign.
- The U.S. military struck a Venezuelan speedboat carrying drugs on Monday, killing three people aboard near international waters.
- The strike followed a similar attack two weeks earlier that killed 11 people thought to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
- The Trump administration justified the strikes as self-defense to combat drug cartels threatening U.S. national security, while lawmakers questioned legal authority and evidence.
- Secretary of State Rubio stated that some boats involved should be destroyed, while Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell warned that if drug traffickers send narcotics to U.S. borders, the military is prepared to take all necessary measures to stop them immediately.
- Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello denounced the U.S. operation as an act of murder, challenged the identification of those on the boat, and stated that officials in Venezuela are conducting an inquiry into the incident, though he did not share further information.
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The Toronto Star
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The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday shared footage from US military operations in the Caribbean, where a Coast Guard vessel shot down another drug boat en route to US shores. The US Coast Guard (USCG) executed the drug seizure and apprehension of smugglers under its Operation Pacific Viper, which launched last month in the Eastern Pacific.
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