Trump says 11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying vessel from Venezuela

President Donald Trump said that the United States strikes against a ship carrying drugs in the South Caribbean and killed 11 “narcoterists”.

On social media, the US military operation on Tuesday, Venezuela Gang Train said that the Aragua members targeted.

Trump said the ship is in international waters and carries illegal narcotics of the United States.

The Trump administration has increased military and political pressure against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro in recent weeks; This includes an award of $ 50 million ($ 37 million) for information that led to the arrest of drug trafficking charges. Maduro promised that Venezuela will attempt US military intervention.

Speaking to journalists in Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said that US forces hit a “boat carrying drugs” near Venezuelan.

“Too much medicine on that boat,” he said.

Trump added that he was informed by the joint Chief of General Staff from General Dan Caine.

“In the early hours of this morning, the US military forces, Southcom, a positively defined train in the field of responsibility in my orders, made a kinetic strike against Aragua narcoterists.”

“The strike caused 11 terrorists to be killed in action. No US force was damaged in this strike. Please let everyone notify everyone who is thinking of bringing drugs to the United States. Attention!”

The shipment was accompanied by a grain air video showing a motor boat that accelerated in wavy waters before the flames explode.

In social media post, Venezuela’s communication Minister Freddy Nanez claimed that the video shared by Trump was created with artificial intelligence.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said in a mission in X that the US army today has a fatal strike against a drug vessel that has been separated from Venezuela and operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization. ”

It is unclear what the ship has been carrying the drugs so far.

Since he returned to the White House in January, the Trump administration has identified various drug trafficking organizations and criminal groups in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America.

Among them, the train, Aragua and US officials, President Maduro and some of the country’s military or intelligence services with other senior government officials claimed to be managed by another Venezuela Group “Sun Cartel”.

The US Army has taken action to support its forces in the Southern Caribbean for the last two months, including the deployment of additional sea ships and thousands of US sailors and sailors.

The Trump administration has repeatedly pointed out the desire to use force to provide drug flow to the United States.

“There’s more from where this comes from, Tr Trump said from the strike on the ship.

The Venezuela government reacted angrily to distribution.

For example, on Monday, Maduro promised to “declare a republic if the US attacked, and added that American distribution” the biggest threat seen in our continent in the last 100 years “.