"Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27. President Donald Trump announced that the United States has carried out another air strike on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, once again accusing the boat of transporting drugs. In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump said six people were killed in the latest bombing."
"The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Trump did not offer any evidence to confirm his allegation that the boat was conducting narcotrafficking. But as with past strikes, he shared an unclassified video of the bombing, which appeared to show a small boat seemingly drifting in the water, not moving, before the US missile makes impact."
Tuesday's strike was the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the known death toll to 27. President Donald Trump announced the air strike and said six people were killed, claiming the vessel was affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization and that the strike occurred in International Waters. No U.S. forces were harmed. Trump released an unclassified video that appeared to show a small, drifting boat before a missile impact but offered no evidence of narcotrafficking. Experts and rights groups called the strikes a clear violation of international law, noting drug traffickers do not qualify as armed combatants. Several earlier strikes in September and October caused multiple fatalities.
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