""I authorized for two reasons, really," Trump replied. "No. 1, they have emptied their prisons into the United States of America," he said. "And the other thing, the drugs, we have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela, and a lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea." Trump added the administration "is looking at land" as it considers further strikes in the region."
"President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he was weighing carrying out land operations on the country. The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela by the U.S. spy agency comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean."
President Donald Trump confirmed he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations inside Venezuela and said he is considering land operations. U.S. forces recently destroyed at least five alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean since early September, killing 27 people, and four of those vessels originated from Venezuela. Trump cited emptied prisons sending people into the United States and drug shipments from Venezuela, especially by sea, as reasons for action. He declined to say whether the CIA has authority to act against President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro rejected regime change and criticized U.S. interventions.
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