Trump says US conducted 'kinetic strike' on Venezuelan drug boat killing 11 narco-terrorists
The strike comes after Trump beefed up US naval presence in international waters near Latin America as his administration looks to combat the threats posed by drug cartels and curb the flow of narcotics coming into the United States.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump says 11 narco-terrorists were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
00:08In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the U.S. military conducted a kinetic strike on the boat operated by the Venezuelan trendy Aragua gang.
00:18Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, the U.S. president said this is the latest in a continuous fight his administration is leading to combat the flow of narcotics into the U.S.
00:28We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.
00:39We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time.
00:43And we just, these came out of Venezuela and coming out very heavily from Venezuela.
00:48A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela, so we took it out.
00:51Trump shared a video of the strike along with his post, which showed a speedboat carrying numerous people burst into flames after the strike.
01:01Venezuela's communications minister commented on the video posted by Trump, citing irregularities and calling it AI-generated.
01:09The escalation comes after Trump intensified U.S. presence in the Caribbean to address the threat posed by drug cartels.
01:15His deployment of several naval battleships prompted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to deploy soldiers on the coast and urged the public to enlist in civilian militias.
01:26Trump accuses Maduro of leading the trendy Aragua gang, a claim which contradicts a U.S. intelligence assessment, which found no credible links between the two.
01:35Caracas, meanwhile, accuses Washington of attempting to orchestrate a regime change in seek of the country's riches, which possesses the world's largest proven oil reserves.
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