(NewsNation) — The U.S. military build in the Caribbean is continuing as President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing military strikes against drug cartels inside Venezuela.

A strike within Venezuela's borders would escalate an already tense situation, and the possibility of strikes comes amid legal questions over the targeting of a suspected drug smuggling boat last week.

That attack killed nearly a dozen people on board, according to the Pentagon, but it's still unclear whether those on the boat received any warning before the strike, which took place in international waters.

In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has now enlisted 25,000 of his own troops that he says will be deployed to the coastal areas of the country to handle cartel drug trafficking and crack down on it.

While t

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