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Trump ordered strike on suspected drug boat to send a message, Rubio says
The U.S. military targeted a Venezuelan cartel vessel carrying narcotics and killed 11 members, signaling a shift to preemptive strikes against narco-terrorist threats, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the U.S. strike on a Tren de Aragua drug boat, saying U.S. intelligence confirmed it was headed to the United States while meeting Mexican leaders in Mexico City.
- After designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations earlier this year, the administration said failed interdiction efforts and boosted maritime forces near Venezuela prompted a shift toward military action.
- Officials said the strike killed 11 people with no U.S. service members harmed, targeting a vessel in international waters using U.S. Southern Command assets and three Aegis-class missile boats.
- Legal experts warned that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the U.S. of 'seeking a regime change' and mobilized troops, while experts condemned the strike killing 11 as likely violating international law.
- Regional partners face increased pressure as analysts Ryan Berg and Flores-Macias say the U.S. deployment could disrupt Southern Caribbean trafficking routes and expand operations beyond Venezuela's waters.
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Rubio says U.S. will continue targeting drug boats
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will conduct more missions like the lethal military strike against a drug boat operated by a Venezuelan gang, as the administration continues its war on drugs shipments to the U.S.
U.S., Mexico pledge deeper ties as Trump defends strike on alleged cartel boat
U.S. and Mexican officials agreed to bolster cooperation on security concerns as Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trump's decision to attack an alleged smuggling boat in the Caribbean.
Washington, Sep 3 (EFE).- The U.S. government said this Wednesday that it will again attack the drug cartels militarily, such as the boat that destroyed this Tuesday in the waters of the Caribbean Sea coming from Venezuela, and justified that only by eliminating them will they manage to protect their country from the threat of drug trafficking, while the Pentagon assured that this is only the beginning of a broader military operation. “What will…
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