The U.S. military carried out its fourth strike in recent weeks against a suspected drug-trafficking vessel near Venezuela, President Trump said Friday, marking an escalation in his administration’s campaign to choke off narcotics flowing toward the United States, Axios reported.
Trump announced that U.S. forces attacked a vessel in international waters under the Southern Command’s authority, alleging it was tied to a designated terrorist group. He said the operation killed three “narcoterrorists” and that no American personnel were harmed.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage en route to poison Americans,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, where he also posted a video of the strike. He added in all caps: “STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!”
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