Tuesday’s strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.
President Donald Trump announced that the United States has carried out another air strike on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, once again accusing the boat of transporting drugs.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said six people were killed in the latest bombing.
“Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO),” Trump wrote.
“The strike was conducted in International
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