WASHINGTON.- The Army of USA reported this Wednesday that it attacked a boat allegedly used for drug smuggling in the Pacific OceanAnd killed four people who were on board. The incident came on the same day that the House of Representatives rejected proposals to limit President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels.
The United States Southern Command assured on social networks that the ship was during a “well-known transport routeThe army, meanwhile, provided no evidence to support the allegations, but released a video of a boat moving across the water before an explosion occurred.
“On December 17, under the direction of the Minister of Defense Pete HegsethJoint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a deadly kinetic attack against a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the ship was traveling on a known drug trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was involved in drug trafficking operations. “Four male narco-terrorists were killed and no U.S. military personnel were injured,” the Southern Command said.
The attack increased 26 is the total number of known attacks by the US military According to the Trump administration, at least 99 people were killed in such attacks.
The president claims the attacks are necessary to stop the flow of drugs into the United States, saying the North American country is embroiled in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
The U.S. federal government is facing increasing scrutiny from lawmakers over the ship attack campaign. The first attack in early September resulted in a double attack that killed two survivors who had clung to the wreckage of a boat after the initial impact.
On Wednesday, House Republicans rejected two Democratic-backed resolutions that would have forced the Trump administration to seek congressional approval before continuing its attacks on cartels. These were the first votes in the House of Commons on Trump’s military campaign in Central and South America. A majority of Senate Republicans had previously voted against similar resolutions, and the president would almost certainly veto them if they were passed by Congress.
Tensions with Venezuela
As LA NACION reported this Wednesday, The Nicolás Maduro regime said its crude oil exports remain “normal.”“following Trump’s announcement of a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the country. The Venezuelan president also ordered his navy to escort several ships used for export, raising the risk of a possible confrontation on the high seas.”
Trump’s order came amid reciprocal warnings about Venezuela as well as heightened global uncertainty and political tensions that had already been rising since the seizure of a sanctioned ship near the Venezuelan coast last week.
Hours later, the Republican gave a speech in which he took stock of his first year in office – his second term – and proposed Agenda 2026, a conference at which the North American press expected him to discuss tensions with Venezuela and even declare war on it. However, Trump did not mention the matter.
With information from AP.
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