The United States military bombed another drug boat in the Caribbean Sea on Monday, killing several “narcoterrorists” and destroying a load of lethal, illicit drugs, according to President Donald Trump.
The president posted about the strike on Monday afternoon alongside an “unclassified” video clip showing the hit. The clip shows a boat with several people on board explode in flames and dark smoke.
“This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump posted. “The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.”
“These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests,” he continued. “BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU!”
The president said that three male drug traffickers were killed in the strike. No U.S. forces were harmed.
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Trump ordered a strike on a drug boat earlier this month, killing a number of people he said were identified by the military as drug traffickers from the notorious Tren de Aragua cartel. That strike killed nearly a dozen drug traffickers, according to the president.
U.S. naval vessels moved into the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela earlier this year in a move to pressure drug cartels, as well as box in Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, who the Trump administration has accused of heading major drug trafficking networks.
The United States in August doubled its bounty on information leading to Maduro’s arrest, setting the bounty at $50 million.
“Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations like TDA, Sinaloa, and Cartel of the Suns to bring deadly drugs and violence into our country. To date, the DEA has seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates with nearly seven tons linked to Maduro himself,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
