"The US carried out a strike at a docking area allegedly used for Venezuelan boats to load drugs, President Donald Trump said Monday. This marks the first known time the US operated on land in Venezuelasince starting to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's government. "We hit all the boats and now we hit the area," Trump said, adding the targeted area was used for "implementation.""
"The US president said the attack took place "along the shore," without giving further details regarding its location. Trump did not say whether the strike was a military or a CIA operation. "I know exactly who it was but I don't want to say who it was," Trump replied when asked."
"The Trump administration has been threatening ground operations on drug cartels in the region would start "soon," and the Republican president seemed to have insinuated that such an attack took place in a radio interview. "They have a big plant of a big facility where they send, you know, where the ships come from," Trump told WABC Radio in New York. "Two nights ago we knocked that out. So we hit them very hard.""
A US strike targeted a docking area allegedly used by Venezuelan boats to load drugs, according to President Donald Trump. The strike reportedly marks the first known US operation on Venezuelan soil since pressure on President Nicolas Maduro increased. Trump said the attack struck boats and the shore area used for "implementation," but he declined to specify exact location or whether the action was military or a CIA operation. The Trump administration had warned that ground operations against regional drug cartels would start "soon." The White House, CIA, Pentagon and Venezuelan government have not publicly confirmed the claims.
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