WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of U.S. strikes against boats off Venezuela, “We are certainly looking at land now.” The president also said he’d authorized the CIA to operate in Venezuela following reports from The New York Times and other outlets.

A series of recent U.S. strikes have sunk vessels that the White House said were carrying drugs from Venezuela. Asked if such attacks may eventually target mainland Venezuela, Trump said, “I don’t want to tell you, exactly.” Human rights groups have raised concerns that the strikes flout international law and are extrajudicial killings.

But Trump suggested on Wednesday that land attacks were an option “because we’ve got the sea well under control.”

Asked if the CIA could “take out” Venezuelan President Nicolas Madur

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