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The US has struck another boat suspected of transporting drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six people and bringing the reported number of deaths in such strikes to 27.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump confirmed the hit took place on Tuesday morning, saying that his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the โ€œlethal kinetic strikeโ€.

Trump said โ€œintelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcoticsโ€ and โ€œwas associated with illicit narcoterrorist networksโ€.

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