is making no apologies for authorizing the execution of three suspected drug smugglers by sending them and their boat to a watery grave in the Caribbean after an airstrike carried out Monday by the U.S. military. It was the second such strike on suspected Venezuelan drug runners in two weeks, and comes as Trump is threatening to expand his war on drug cartels to their sanctuaries on land.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he relied on conclusive intelligence to determine the targeted boat was laden with drugs. “We’re very careful. The military has been amazing,” Trump said. “We have recorded proof and evidence. We know what time they were leaving, when they were leaving, what they had, and all of the other things that you’d like to have.”

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