Police in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago told CBS News that they are investigating reports that two of the country's citizens were among the six people killed in the United States' most recent strike on a boat it said was carrying drugs.

President Trump announced the strike Tuesday in a post on Truth Social , saying the vessel had been "just off the Coast of Venezuela" and was "transiting along a known designated terrorist organization" route. Mr. Trump said intelligence confirmed that the boat was trafficking narcotics and referred to the men aboard as "narcoterrorists," but offered no other information.

This was the fifth such strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean. Figures released by the administration say 27 people have been killed in the stri

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