"US forces on Saturday evening struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump said on Sunday to thousands of sailors at a ceremony celebrating the US navy's 250th anniversary. He added that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking happening on land. Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, next to the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier."
"The United Nations has condemned the US strikes which the US defends as countering narco-terrorist members of Tren de Aragua, designated a foreign terrorist organization, in international waters as extrajudicial executions. International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers, the UN said last month. Criminal activities should be disrupted, investigated and prosecuted in accordance with the rule of law, including through international cooperation."
"The navy has also been utilized to join an armed conflict with drug cartels, leading to four strikes in the Caribbean on what the administration says are fast-boats engaged in drug trafficking. Trump added that if drug smugglers were not coming in by sea, we'll have to start looking about the land because they'll be forced to go by land. And let me tell you that's not going to work out out well for them either."
US forces struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela. Naval operations included strikes in the Caribbean targeting fast-boats allegedly used for drug trafficking, with four strikes reported. Tren de Aragua has been designated a foreign terrorist organization and has been cited as the target of these actions. The United Nations condemned the strikes as extrajudicial executions and urged that alleged criminal activity be disrupted, investigated and prosecuted under international law and through cooperation. The navy's 250th anniversary events occurred while a federal government shutdown left some military personnel working without pay.
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