US attacks second vessel with three alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers

United States shot down this Monday a second boat in the Caribbean Sea that was allegedly carrying three Venezuelan drug traffickers, announced the American president, Donald Trump.

“This morning, under my orders, the United States Military Forces carried out a SECOND kinetic attack against drug cartels and narcoterrorists identified and extraordinarily violent, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Command,” the president detailed on the Truth Social platform.

• Trump asserted that the vessel was in international waters transporting drugs and that, during the attack, three men of Venezuelan nationality died, whom he defined as ‘terrorists‘.”

The leader added that no members of the American Armed Forces were injured in the operation. “ATTENTION! IF YOU TRANSPORT DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!” he concluded.

Attack on first boat

United States shot down a first boat on September 2nd September which, according to Washington, was carrying drugs and eleven alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, something that the Government of Nicolás Maduro has flatly denied, in addition to condemning the attack.

The second attack occurs amidst the growing confrontation between United States and Venezuela following the military deployment of the United States in the Caribbean Sea with the argument of combating drug trafficking.

The Trump Administration accuses Maduro of leading the so-called Cartel of the Suns, something the Caracas government denies, and has offered a reward of 50 million dollars for information leading to the capture of the Venezuelan president. Maduro stated this Monday that communications with United States are “broken” in the face of what he considers an “aggression” from the North American country, and added that Venezuela is now “more prepared” if a “armed struggle” were to occur.