Six suspected drug smugglers have been killed in a US attack on a boat near Venezuela's coast, Donald Trump has said.

The US president said intelligence had confirmed it was carrying drugs and associated with "illicit narcoterrorist networks".

Mr Trump said Tuesday's "lethal kinetic strike" was in international waters as the boat travelled an established smuggling route.

He posted a video on Truth Social showing it left in flames after what appears to be a single aerial strike.

It's the fifth attack since the start of September after the Pentagon said the president had ruled the US was in an "armed conflict" with cartels.

Mr Trump previously said the cartels were a threat to US "national security, foreign policy, and vital US interests" .

However, some experts argue the exp

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