A US strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela killed six suspected drug traffickers on Tuesday (October 14), President Donald Trump announced, marking the latest in a series of military actions in the region.

“Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO),” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

‘Six narcoterrorists killed’ in the strike

Trump said intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics and linked to “illicit narcoterrorist networks.”

“The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed,” he added.

A 30-second video Trump posted s

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