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Trump claims the US Army sank another “drug trafficking” boat in the Caribbean
Washington.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, reported this Friday that the Army carried out a new “lethal” kinetic attack against a “ship affiliated with a terrorist organization” and confirmed the death of three alleged drug traffickers.
“Under my orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike against a vessel (…) in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command,” the president posted on his Truth Social account.
Trump asserted that during the military attack three alleged drug traffickers were eliminated and said that “intelligence” confirmed that the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics along a known route with the aim of reaching the United States.
With this attack, the United States has sunk four vessels linked to drug trafficking in the southern Caribbean near the Venezuelan coast since August, when they increased their military presence in international waters, justifying the need to “combat drug trafficking”.
Although US authorities have confirmed that the vessels from the last three attacks came from Venezuela, in this case Trump has not clarified the origin of the boat nor the nationality of its crew.
Trump, as in the previous attacks, announced the destruction of the vessel with a video without audio where a blue-toned boat in motion is observed and which later explodes upon impact of a projectile.
According to the data provided by the Republican, the Southern Command has destroyed three vessels attributed to drug trafficking and eliminated 17 alleged criminals, whose identities are unknown, as well as details of the amounts of drugs they allegedly transported are not available.
This Friday, Venezuela’s Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino López, reported that the Venezuelan Army conducted a “successful” military maneuver on the island of La Orchila, in Venezuelan waters of the Caribbean Sea, in response to the US deployment in the region that has caused tensions and that President Nicolás Maduro has called a “threat”.
Maduro insists that the US mobilization is a plan to force a “regime change” and impose in his nation a “puppet government” that satisfies Washington’s interests.
However, Trump denied on Thursday having held talks with members of his Government to plan a “regime change” in Caracas.
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