The US Army announced this on Thursday destroyed two more speedboats from Venezuela that were “related to drug trafficking.”Five people were killed in the attacks, bringing the death toll to 104. “narcoterrorists” crushed by the Trump administration since the anti-drug campaign and pressure on Chavismo in the Caribbean began.
“Intelligence confirmed that the ships were transiting known drug trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were involved in drug trafficking operations. In total, five narco-terrorists died in these actions,” Southern Command said in a statement on its X account.
Three people died in the first attack and the other two in the second boat, the US military said, while opponents of the Trump administration from various parts of the world described these actions as “murder.”
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According to a count by the French agency AFP, according to official figures, this new attack will increase the death toll from US bombings in the Pacific and the Caribbean exceeds one hundred.
President Trump’s administration has provided no evidence other than its statements that ships were involved in drug trafficking, sparking intense debate over the legal framework of these operations. In fact, the UN, experts and various NGOs have questioned the legality of such operations.
Members of the Democratic opposition, as well as the Republican majority in Congress, believe that President Trump is abusing his legal authority to carry out these attacks and that legal action could be taken in the future.
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However, the House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected two texts aimed at legislating these operations. The Republican faction also ensured that similar measures failed in the Senate.
The campaign comes as the US government increases pressure on Nicolás Maduro, whom it accuses of leading a drug trafficking network in the Caribbean, a situation that raises the possibility of attacks on Venezuelan territory. This Thursday, American planes flew off the coast of Venezuela, a new episode in the tense war of nerves between Trump and Chavismo.
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