U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military has carried out another strike against a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States.

He said three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international waters.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the target had been "positively identified [as] extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists," adding that the cartels threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy and other interests.

He said no U.S. personnel were injured.

Earlier this month, the U.S. president announced a similar strike , off Venezuela, also involving what he alleged was a drug-carrying vessel.

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