The White House on Tuesday said U.S. military forces struck a drug vessel originating from Venezuela and operating in international waters in the Caribbean that it said was operated by the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang, killing 11. The U.S. military confirmed a “precision strike against a drug vessel operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio later revealed that President Donald Trump had personally ordered the boat to be blown up , rather than interdicted. A black-and-white video showed what appeared to be a small, fast-moving, open vessel exploding in flames with people aboard, but didn’t clearly show 11 people in the craft. Nor were drugs clearly visible.

It’s also unclear whether the strike was a prelude to other planned U.S. military

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