President Donald Trump announces that the US military has carried out a strike on what he said was a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States.
Three men were killed in the attack on Monday, according to Trump, who said the strikes occurred in international waters.
“This morning, on my Orders, US Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to US National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital US Interests.”
The attack follows a similar strike that killed 11 people earlier this month.
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