"On September 2, the United States conducted a sensational military strike on a speedboat in the southern Caribbean Sea in violation of both international and US law. The extravagant attack killed 11 civilians on board, whom US President Donald Trump had magically intuited to be drug traffickers affiliated with Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang. The spectacle was staged amid the ongoing deployment of US warships off the Venezuelan coast under the pretence of fighting narcoterrorists"
"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that the interdiction of alleged drug boats simply does not work: What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them. Trump, meanwhile, remarked on the ensuing decrease in boat traffic near the site of the strike, perhaps due to the fact that people who fish for a living now fear for their lives:"
A US military strike on September 2 targeted a speedboat in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 civilians who were labeled as drug traffickers tied to Venezuela's Tren de Aragua. The action occurred alongside a US naval deployment off Venezuela under the claim of combating narcoterrorism linked to President Nicolás Maduro. US officials defended more extreme interdiction tactics, with calls to destroy suspect vessels and remarks that fishermen might avoid going to sea. The episode raised concerns about violations of international and US law, civilian harm, and an openly aggressive shift in US military posture and rhetoric.
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