The U.S. military destroyed another boat in the waters around Latin America, killing six people on board the vessel, President Trump announced Tuesday on social media. The episode marks the sixth known watercraft destroyed by U.S. forces in the region since Trump greenlit the first attack early last month.

As before, Trump alleges those on the boat were affiliated with “a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking…off the Coast of Venezuela,” he wrote online Tuesday. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route,” Trump said.

Reminder: It still appears Trump does not have the authority, under Article II of the Constitution, to order these killing

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