The United States attacked a ship with drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela
The United States launched a missile attack on a ship belonging to drug traffickers in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. This was announced on October 3 by the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, on his page on the social network X (former. Twitter).
"By order of the President [of the United States Donald] According to President Trump, I have ordered a deadly kinetic strike on a ship engaged in drug trafficking and associated with organizations recognized as terrorist. <...> The strike was carried out in international waters off the coast of Venezuela," he wrote.
Hegseth noted that as a result of the attack, four drug traffickers who were on board the ship were killed. According to the Pentagon chief, the US military was not injured during the operation.
In addition, Hegseth claims that United States intelligence has confirmed the presence of drugs on the ship. According to him, the country will continue to strike at such vessels until "the attacks on the American people stop."
Earlier in the day, The Washington Examiner magazine reported that US military personnel are ready to launch operations in Venezuela as part of the fight against drug trafficking. According to the newspaper, numerous warships of the Navy (Navy), 10 F-35 fighter jets, a Marine corps unit with about 2.2 thousand naval personnel, and Harrier jets, as well as a submarine, were stationed off the coast of Venezuela.
Prior to that, on September 27, NBC News reported that the US military leadership had begun working on plans to launch attacks on Venezuela as part of the fight against drug trafficking. According to the TV channel, the United States may launch attacks on Venezuela within a few weeks. This will be a continuation of the military campaign launched by the Trump administration against alleged drug trafficking targets.
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