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PresidentDonald Trump on Tuesday said that the US struck “a dock area in Venezuela usedto load boats with drugs,’’ marking the first known land attack by US forces inthe Latin American country since Washington launched its pressure campaign fourmonths ago.
Speakingto reporters after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trumpdeclined to specify whether the US military or the CIA carried out the strike,or to identify its location. “I know exactly who it was, but I don’t want tosay who it was. But, you know, it was along the shore,” he remarked.
There wasno immediate response from Venezuela regarding the attack.
The claimemerged as the Trump administration steps up efforts against Venezuela as partof a broader push to target what the President describes as ‘’drug-smugglingoperations bound for the US.’’
Caracasrejects any involvement in drug trafficking and maintains that Washington aimsto overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in order to seize thecountry’s oil reserves, the largest in the world.
Earlierthis month, Trump ordered a “total blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankersentering and leaving Venezuela.
The Venezuelangovernment reacted swiftly, arguing that Trump’s measures violatedinternational law, free trade rules, and the principle of free navigation.Caracas also signaled plans to take the issue to the United Nations,characterizing the blockade as “a reckless and grave threat” to nationalsovereignty.
In recentmonths, the US has deployed thousands of troops and a carrier strike group tothe Caribbean, while carrying out strikes on vessels it identified asdrug-trafficking boats.
Citingofficials, US media reported that military figures indicated recent operationsin the region resulted in the destruction of 23 suspected drug boats and thedeaths of 87 people.
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