By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense said late on Thursday that two Venezuela military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters.

The U.S. military killed 11 people aboard a vessel from Venezuela in the Caribbean on Tuesday that President Donald Trump said was carrying illegal narcotics and that belonged to a drug cartel he designated a “terrorist organization.” Legal experts had raised questions about the attack.

The Defense Department statement said on Thursday Venezuela is “strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the U.S. military. The statement did not provide further details.

The Pentagon called the action a “highly pro

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