"This morning, on my Orders, US Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to US National Security, Foreign Policy and vital US Interests, he added."
"Trump's post was accompanied by a 30-second video clip showing a vessel explode into flames. The clip says UNCLASSIFIED in green font at the top. Trump wrote that 3 male terrorists were killed in the attack. Trump continued his post with: BE WARNED IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU! On September 3, Trump posted a video on Truth Social of aerial footage of another vessel being bombed the day before."
"He wrote that this was an attack against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area. Trump added that Tren de Aragua is a US-identified foreign terrorist organisation that works under the control of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No US Forces were harmed in this strike, Trump wrote at the time."
US military conducted a second kinetic strike on a Venezuelan vessel alleged to be operated by a drug cartel and headed to the United States, resulting in three fatalities. The strike followed a September 2 operation that reportedly killed 11 individuals. The operation occurred within the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility, which covers 31 countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and surrounding territorial waters. A 30-second video clip showed a vessel engulfed in flames labeled UNCLASSIFIED. Tren de Aragua is identified as a US-designated foreign terrorist organisation alleged to operate under President Nicolás Maduro's control.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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