"Trump accuses Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being involved in drug trafficking to the United States. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time. And we justthese came out of Venezuela, and coming out very heavily from Venezuela," Trump said, offering no further details and only indicating that more information about the operation would be released after this meeting is over."
"When you come out and when you leave the room, you'll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat, said the president, regarding the military operation in the Caribbean. He explained that he had received the information immediately before starting the Oval Office event, when the Chief of Staff gave us a little bit of a briefing."
U.S. forces engaged and disabled a boat carrying a large quantity of drugs that reportedly originated from Venezuela. President Donald Trump announced the action from the Oval Office and accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of involvement in drug trafficking to the United States. The president said he received a briefing minutes before the announcement. The United States has deployed a flotilla including three Aegis missile destroyers, submarines and aircraft near Venezuelan waters as part of an operation to combat drug trafficking. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed a lethal strike on a drug vessel in the southern Caribbean.
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