"Tensions between Washington and Caracas have risen sharply since September, when the Trump administration began a series of strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, which the US government claims are trafficking drugs. However, despite aerial strikes on more than two dozen boats, which have killed at least 100 people, the US has presented no evidence of drug trafficking."
"During a news conference on Monday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump took the opportunity to announce that US forces had struck a Venezuelan dock. There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs, Trump said. They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now, we hit the area. It's the implementation ar"
US forces carried out a land-based strike on a Venezuelan docking facility alleged to be used to load boats with narcotics. Venezuelan authorities have not confirmed the incident. Tensions between Washington and Caracas rose sharply since September, when the US began strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific claiming they trafficked drugs. Aerial strikes on more than two dozen boats have killed at least 100 people, and the US has presented no evidence. US forces have seized Venezuelan oil tankers and ordered a naval blockade on sanctioned tankers. Caracas accuses Washington of using drug allegations as a pretext for regime change, while legal experts say targeting vessels in international waters likely violates law and amounts to extrajudicial executions.
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