The US Navy is detaining two survivors of Thursday's strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, officials say. https://t.co/SXgLH9oAw2 ...

And turning now to some developing news we are watching out of the Caribbean tonight. We are learning about this new strike off the coast of Venezuela. Another one.And according to US officials, the US military carried out a strike against an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel boat earlier today in international waters in the Caribbean somewhere near Venezuela. And according to our Pentagon team, for the first time, uh there might actually be survivors of this air strike. All of this coming against the backdrop ...

On Wednesday, President Trump confirmed something that every other administration might have kept shrouded in secrecy that he had approved new CIA actions inside Venezuela. A move so unprecedented that it prompted a question like that from a reporter. So far, US military strikes on boats in the Caribbean have killed 27 people with little information, evidence, or much of an explanation from the Trump administration on their goals and its war on drug trafficking.But sources tell the New York Times, which was ...

The US military struck down a small boat off the coast of Venezuela yesterday that it accuses of trafficking narcotics. All six passengers on board were killed in the strike. This is the administration's fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean since September, killing more than two dozen people.Here is Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky denouncing the strikes last week. When they interdict boats, it's a common thing off the coast of Miami and California. About 25% of the time, the boat that they board do ...

A big U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and strikes on alleged drug boats are heavily pressuring Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro to find a way to appease President Trump https://t.co/BK4tPTVT9P ...

[Music] [Music] What can you tell us about this Venezuelan land boat that was taken out. And do you plan to provide proof that these were naroterrorists who were on their way to the US. Well, we have proof.All you have to do is look at the cargo that was like it's spattered all over the ocean. Big bags of cocaine and fentinol all over the place. Happy birthday. ...

We just uh over the last few minutes literally shot out a a boat, a drug carrying boat. A lot of drugs in that boat coming out very heavily from Venezuela. A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela.President Donald Trump is ramping up his maximum pressure campaign against Venezuela's socialist government, sending warships, aircraft, and troops to the southern Caribbean. His administration has called President Nicolas Maduro a narco terrorist, accusing him of running drug trafficking operations at the high ...

The U.S. military carried out a strike against a drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, President Trump said, days after U.S. warships were deployed to the Caribbean to stop the flow of cocaine. Trump said that 11 "terrorists" were killed.Read more: https://t.co/w48cGaxXYk https://t.co/eExfFJdNvd ...

US strike on 'Venezuela drug boat': What do we know, and was it legal? https://t.co/lP2uLwebqv ...

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