Another boat downed: The U.S. military has carried out another unapproved strike on alleged narcotraffickers, killing six men just off of Venezuela's coast.

It's likely these men are affiliated with Tren de Aragua, but this has not been confirmed. This is the fifth strike of its kind, with 27 people total killed, per administration sources.

For his part, Trump has declared cartels, including TdA and MS-13, foreign terrorist organizations, seemingly in an effort to legally deploy more resources to fighting them. "Their campaigns of violence and terror in the United States and internationally are extraordinarily violent, vicious, and similarly threaten the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere," he declared in an executive order issued on his first day in office. R

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