U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military has carried out another strike against a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States, the second such strike in recent weeks.
He said three men were killed in the strike and no U.S. personnel were injured, adding that it occurred in international waters.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the target had been "positively identified [as] extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists," adding that the cartels threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy and other interests.
The post included a nearly 30-second video, with marking "unclassified" on the top, which appeared to show a vessel on the water exploding and then on fire.
The White House has offered scant information about how the operations came together or the legal authorities under which they were carried out.
Trump provided no evidence for his assertion that the boat was carrying drugs — though he told reporters that U.S.
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