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Pete Hegseth Warns Maduro After Attack Against Vessel Off Venezuela: 'Should Be Worried'
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Washington and New York. President Donald Trump said he has recordings of communications made by crew members on the ship destroyed by U.S. naval forces on Tuesday that prove they were Venezuelan drug traffickers, while senior officials warned that this type of attack could be repeated and even change the regime in Caracas, but at least one federal legislator and several experts questioned the legality of the act in international waters.
Pete Hegseth Warns Maduro After Attack Against Vessel Off Venezuela: 'Should Be Worried'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro "should be worried" after an attack against a vessel off the South American country's coast
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the attack on a vessel believed to be transporting drugs in the Caribbean was the start of a campaign against Venezuelan cartels.
"President Trump is willing to go on the offensive in ways others haven't," the US Secretary of Defense said after the attack on a drug boat in Venezuela.
Pete Hegseth did not save qualifiers against Maduro in statements made on Wednesday morning. He also warned that yesterday's attack on the boat is "a very clear signal"
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Wednesday that Washington will carry out more military operations against drug cartels in the region following Tuesday's bombing of a vessel allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela. "We have assets in the air, at sea, and on ships, because this is a deadly and serious mission for us. We will not stop with this bombing," he said in statements to the US television network Fox News, before stating that "a…
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