"President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel "affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility." He did not provide more precise details about the location of the strike."
""Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans," Trump said in the post. Trump also posted a video of the latest strike that shows a vessel speeding through waters before it appears to be struck by a pair of missiles from overhead and sink in a fiery explosion."
"Trump on Monday announced the U.S. military had carried out a strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela. That strike also killed three on board. That followed a Sept. 2 military strike on what the Trump administration said was a drug-carrying speedboat that killed 11. Trump claimed the boat was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, which was listed by the U.S. as foreign terrorist organization earlier this year."
The U.S. military carried out a third fatal strike this month against an alleged drug-smuggling vessel affiliated with a designated terrorist organization, resulting in three deaths. The operation occurred within the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility, with no precise geographic details provided. The Pentagon deferred questions to the White House, which did not clarify the vessel's origins. A shared video shows a vessel struck by missiles and engulfed in a fiery explosion. Earlier strikes included one on a boat allegedly from Venezuela killing three and a Sept. 2 strike killing 11. Lawmakers and rights groups raised legal and executive-overreach concerns due to military use for law enforcement purposes.
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