Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, center, with Richard Grenell, Donald Trump's special envoy, left, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2025. Photo: Venezuela Presidential Press Office via AP

On September 2 , President Donald Trump posted a 29-second black-and-white video of a high-prow, four-engine speedboat. At the 20-second mark, there’s a bright flash and fire. Trump claimed the footage was shot that morning, and that it showed the U.S. military destroying the vessel, killing 11 Tren de Aragua members smuggling drugs bound for the United States.

In the week since, little more information about the strike has been made public. No one has disclosed the coordinates where it took place, or any evidence that, as the administration insists, the

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