5Photo© thehindu.comTrump Says Military Struck Boat Carrying Drugs From Venezuela
The US military on Tuesday carried out a deadly strike, destroying a vessel sailing from Venezuela that was allegedly transporting illegal narcotics. According to President Donald Trump, the attack left 11 people dead and marked the first known military operation since Washington deployed warships to the southern Caribbean.
Speaking at the White House, Trump told reporters: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.”
He warned that more operations could follow, stressing the long-standing challenge of narcotics entering the United States. “And there’s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time…These came out of Venezuela,” Reueters quoted Trump as saying.