00:00The US military struck two vessels in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five alleged narco-terrorists.
00:07Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth ordered the attacks as part of Operation Southern Spears, bringing the total death toll to 104 since September.
00:16The Pentagon claims the boats were on drug trafficking routes, but has released no evidence for individual strikes.
00:23The operations have sparked legal concerns over extrajudicial killings in international waters.
00:30The strikes coincide with Donald Trump's announcement of a total blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers.
00:37According to the reporting by US TV network NBC, the president said he was not ruling out going to war with Venezuela.
00:45Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the moves modern piracy and a diplomacy of barbarism.
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