"In a video call to US service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida to mark Thanksgiving, Trump said the military campaign had meant there "aren't too many [Venezuelan drug traffickers] coming in by sea anymore." "We've almost stopped it's about 85% stopped by sea," Trump said. "And we'll be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier, but that's going to start very soon," he added."
"The US has struck a number of boats in international waters in the Caribbean and the Pacific it says were smuggling illegal narcotics into the country. It has not provided evidence to support the claims. At least 83 people have been killed in those strikes, according to a count of publicly available figures by the AFP news agency. The assembled US military firepower, which includes an aircraft carrier strike group, far outweighs anything needed for an"
Operations to curb Venezuelan drug trafficking by land are set to begin very soon. The US has increased military activity in the Caribbean, including strikes on boats in international waters, and deployed substantial firepower such as an aircraft carrier strike group as part of the anti-narcotics initiative Southern Spear. At least 83 people have been killed in those strikes, according to publicly available counts, and the US has not provided evidence publicly for some claims. Venezuela portrays the military buildup and the anti-narcotics campaign as a covert effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro, who rejects trafficking allegations and whose re-election was widely denounced as fraudulent.
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