President Donald Trump has said US forces carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel which he said was trafficking drugs, and the attack killed three “male narcoterrorists” on board.
Trump said he ordered the attack on the boat, which was in the US Southern Command’s area of responsibility, after US intelligence confirmed it was trafficking drugs. It was the third such strike on alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
Trump’s statement on Truth Social on Friday said the strike happened in international waters. The US Southern Command’s area of responsibility covers most of South America and the Caribbean.
Two previous strikes have killed a total of 14 people on boats allegedly from Venezuela.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has previously condemned the strikes and said his country will defend itself against US “aggression”.
Trump’s post on Friday evening mirrored previous announcements of such strikes. It featured a video showing the boat travelling on a body of water, and seconds later it explodes and bursts into flames.
“On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump said.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans,” he wrote.
“”No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!”
Legal experts previously told the BBC that the fatal strike on the first vessel in international waters may have violated international human rights and maritime law.
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While I don’t agree with killing them and not trial, trump has a beautiful mind wanting to see drugs eliminated like myself, when the police catch them, they glamorize drugs by placing a dollar value in it that encourages others to perpetuate the same. Instead of mentioning the large demographic or families that would be fatherless and motherless because of drugs, and children ending in prison, mention the cost to the world or American government that surpassed all the monies the drug cartel has.
But this world is a liar, the cigarette and alcohol are acceptable drugs that only trigger harder drug consumption.
It’s the US word against everyone else. They say it’s drugs…..where is the proof? Why not seize the vessel, capture the men on board and try to ascertain exactly what is on board and it’s source. It’s just sad that Caribbean leaders sit back and accept the US account of things without any question. If this is not a form of maritime crime then I don’t know what is.
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I said the same because u mean to tell mi every boat they see they will target suppose its fishermen that go about there daily hustle and heading bck home or in to sell their fish and make a dollar
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