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Three people have been killed after US military strike against alleged drug smugglers Caribbean SeaDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed this on Saturday.
Announcing the operation via social media, Mr Hegseth said the targeted ship was linked to a US-designated terrorist organisation, although he did not specify the group involved.
The incident marks at least the fifteenth such operation conducted by U.S. forces in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific since the beginning of September.
“This ship – like every other – was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit drug trafficking, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and was carrying narcotics,” Hegseth said in a posting on X.
At least 64 people have been killed so far in US military attacks.
trump The attacks have been justified as a necessary increase to stop the flow of drugs into the United States. He has claimed that the US is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels, relying on the same legal authority used by the Bush administration when it declared the War on Terrorism after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Strikes come like this trump The administration has deployed an unusually large number of warships to the region.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the military operations as well as the US military build-up, calling it a veiled attempt by the US administration to oust him from power.
The Trump administration has yet to show evidence to support its claims about the boats that were attacked, their ties to drug cartels, or even the identities of those killed in the attacks.