According to its President Donald Trump, the USA has attacked an alleged “drug trafficking hub” in Venezuela. “There was a big explosion in the port area where the boats are loaded with drugs,” he stated earlier than a gathering with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “We hit all the boats, and now we’ve hit the area.”
On Friday, Trump hinted at such a blow in an impromptu interview on radio station 77 WABC. “I don’t know if you read it or saw it, they have a large facility or a large facility that the ships come from,” Trump stated. He added: “Two nights ago we switched them off. So we hit them very hard.” Trump didn’t present additional particulars, comparable to whether or not and, in that case, how many individuals had been killed within the assault. Details about the kind of blow are additionally lacking.
The United States has attacked a number of boats within the Caribbean in current months that had been allegedly smuggling medicine. Soldiers, warships, an plane service and a long-range bomber had been additionally deployed to the area close to Venezuela. The US authorities justifies the motion with the combat in opposition to drug cartels. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro sees this as an try to pressure a change of energy within the nation.
In October, Trump publicly confirmed that he had additionally accredited covert operations by the CIA in Venezuela. In current weeks, US forces have additionally taken management of a number of oil tankers.
Trump accuses the left-wing nationalist Venezuelan president of controlling drug gangs and utilizing them particularly in opposition to the USA. He has been saying for weeks that the US would “soon” start land-based assaults on drug cartels in Latin America. However, there have been no confirmed assaults up to now.
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