Trump warned that the United States would “very soon” begin arresting suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers by land

president of the United States, donald trump, The US Secretary of State warned on Friday that the armed forces would “very soon” begin “arresting” alleged “Venezuelan drug traffickers” by land, considering that military operations at sea had already been successful.

“People might have noticed it They no longer want to deliver (drugs) by sea, And we’ll start by stopping them on the ground. next to, On land it’s easier, But this will start very soon. “We warned them to stop sending poison into our country,” Trump said.

The Republican president did not clarify the details of the ground measures that would be included.

In a Thanksgiving phone call with the military, Trump expressed pride in the attacks carried out since September 1 against at least 20 alleged drug boats sailing in the waters of the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, most of them from Venezuela.

American forces They killed more than 80 people By bombing these ships.

but, The American head of state continues to justify these bombings by ascertaining that alleged drug traffickers in Venezuela “send their poison to the United States, where they kill thousands of people every year.”

“But we will take care of the situation. We have almost stopped it. We have already stopped 85% (of the flow) by sea,” he noted on Friday.

These statements come amid growing tension between Venezuela and the United States, which since November 16 has deployed its largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Caribbean.

Last Monday, he declared the Cartel de los Soles a terrorist organization, which he links to Venezuelan ruler Nicolas Maduro, making it a legitimate target for military operations against it.

However, Trump has insisted on several occasions that his intention is not to bomb Venezuela’s infrastructure or attack Maduro, at least for now, with whom he “can talk to save a lot of lives,” as he expressed on Tuesday.