"The criticism increased after The New York Times reported that the boat had altered its course and appeared to have turned around before the attack started. Regarding this new strike, Trump described the strike as targeting positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, the U.S. Southern Command responsible for the command and control of American military forces in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America."
"According to Trump, the boat was traveling from Venezuela to the U.S., in international waters, was transporting illegal narcotics, and three male terrorists were killed in the strike. No U.S. service members were harmed. The president added a warning to those who are TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, writing WE ARE HUNTING YOU! Trump's post read: This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area"
President Donald Trump ordered a second military strike on a Venezuelan boat, asserting the vessel carried confirmed narcoterrorists and illegal narcotics. The strike followed an earlier incident this month in which a U.S. strike on a suspected smuggling boat killed 11 people. Critics flagged legal authority concerns because the strike departed from past practices of interdicting and arresting suspected traffickers. The Venezuelan government denied that the boat occupants were drug traffickers or gang members. A report said the boat had altered course and appeared to turn around before the attack, intensifying scrutiny. Three male occupants were killed and no U.S. service members were harmed.
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