Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela
This screengrab taken from a video posted by President Donald Trump on October 14
By Kit Maher, CNN
(CNN) — The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
Trump said that the vessel was “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization” but did not name any organization or provide evidence to back up the assertion.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed.”
This is at least the fifth time the US has announced such a strike. The Pentagon announced another strike in early October.
Trump also posted an unclassified video of the strike.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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