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The Pentagon announced that the U.S. military shot down another suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Monday. Trump administrationactivities Action against suspected drug traffickers in Venezuela and region intensifies.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along known drug trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and engaged in drug trafficking activities,” U.S. Southern Command wrote X. “Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. troops were injured.”
exist Grainy black and white videoIn , a military aircraft appears to target a low-slung vehicle in the sea below, before the vehicle explodes.
The military did not include in its announcement evidence to verify his statement.
The attack was the 30th of its kind since September, bringing the total known casualties to 107, According to the Associated Press.
Last week, President What may have happened in the first known land attack revealed during his campaign. Asked about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump described a Christmas Eve attack on an alleged drug facility.
“We just got knocked out, I don’t know if you read or saw, they had a big factory or a big facility… Where the ships are coming from,” President explain Friday interview with talk radio host John Kasimatis. “We knocked it out two days ago, so we hit them pretty hard.”
The comments appeared to match details from a CNN report that a CIA drone struck a port facility in a remote part of Venezuela’s coast. Sources familiar with the attack said the government believes the facility was used by the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as part of its drug distribution operation Tell CNN.
Sources said the alleged attack hit a vacant facility and did not cause any casualties. The CIA has not acknowledged any such attacks.
The president has long suggested a broader land offensive could be launched into Venezuela.
“I think you’re going to find this is war,” Trump said in early December. “Soon we will start doing this on land as well.”
Also this month, the Trump administration began Seizure of Sanctioned Oil Tankers off the coast of Venezuela, where the White House has accused the country of colluding with traffickers. (Venezuela denies this, and its National Assembly voted Seizures were made a criminal offense this month. )
According to reports, the president also Authorize the CIA Conduct covert operations domestically.
Venezuela accuses the president of using the attack as a pretext to force Maduro from power.
But Trump’s domestic critics claim the killings Is it a war crime against non-combatants?while the Trump administration insists the attack is justified because it claims the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels.
As Pentagon takes action, administration further angers critics Announce Full video of an attack in which the military allegedly killed two survivors will not be released this month.