The United States has reportedly executed its eighth strike against a drug trafficking vessel in the Pacific Ocean, West of South America.
Since September, the Trump Administration has launched seven additional attacks on drug boats affiliated with Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua narcotrafficking gang, but unlike the latest strike, these were in the Carribean Sea, East of Central America.
Tuesday’s attack comes after the White House announced that a drug-carrying submarine was destroyed in the Caribbean.
It also comes as the United States ramps up its offensive against the Venezuelan Maduro Regime,reportedlywith B-52 nuclear bombers, guided missile destroyers, F-35B fighter jets, P-8 Poseidon spy planes, a nuclear submarine, and 6,500 troops. Trump recently deployed the Army’s “Night Stalkers,” an elite unit used in counter-terrorism operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, in recent years.
While discussing this move with reporters on Friday, Trumpsaid of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, he’s offered “everything” to the United States because he doesn’t want to f*ck around with the United States.”
“At least 25,000 Americans would die if I allowed this submarine to come ashore,” Trump said in a statement announcing the strike and death of two “narcoterrorist” passengers. “The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution.”
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