The United States military has carried out another strike on a boat accused of trafficking narcotics off the Venezuelan coast, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday.
The strike marks at least the fifth such incident in the Caribbean in recent weeks as the US continues to intensify its maritime operations in the region.
Trump stated that the vessel was operating in international waters and was “affiliated with a designated terrorist organisation.” He added that intelligence had confirmed the boat’s involvement in narcotics trafficking and its links to illegal narco-terrorist networks. However, he did not identify the group or provide supporting evidence.
The strike was ordered by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth early on Tuesday morning. A short black-and-white video released by Trump and later shared by Hegseth showed a stationary boat being struck by a projectile from above before erupting into flames. Trump said that no US
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