"San Juan de Unare was a small fishing village where people would rise in the middle of the night to haul their boats to the shore and head out into the calm Caribbean Sea. Their fathers had done the same, and so had their fathers before them. More than 20 years ago, however, it became a transit point for drugs, and everything changed. Disputes arose, rivalries between clans emerged, and death followed."
"The White House used its military force deployed in international waters, near Venezuelan territory, to launch a missile at the boat and kill the 11 people on board. According to U.S. authorities, they were transporting drugs bound for Trinidad and Tobago. U.S. President Donald Trump insists this is a new way of confronting drug cartels through the use of weapons of war, but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is convinced it is nothing more than the prelude to an invasion of his country."
"It all happened in an instant. The boat was cutting through the sea when something unidentified targeted it from above (some experts believe it was a drone). Seconds later, a projectile obliterated it. The United States has declassified the video but has offered few other details. The Chavista government initially claimed it was an AI-generated video, but nothing suggests that is the case."
San Juan de Unare was a multigenerational fishing village where residents hauled boats into the calm Caribbean Sea at night. More than 20 years ago the village became a transit point for drugs, triggering disputes, clan rivalries and escalating killings that culminated in two days when 78 people died. Earlier this week a group of young men boarded a boat and never returned after the United States struck the vessel from international waters, killing 11, which U.S. authorities said carried drugs bound for Trinidad and Tobago. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro labeled the strike a prelude to invasion and vowed mass mobilization.
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