The United States Armed Forces executed on Saturday night Another attack against an alleged narcolanche who moved near the coast of Venezuela, as confirmed by the president Donald Trump. The Republican president, in a context of increasing tension with Caracas, suggested that he could soon give order to transfer anti -narcotics operations sea to land.
“In recent weeks, the Navy has supported our mission to completely eliminate the terrorists of the posters … we no longer find any. Not even fishing boats, fishing boats, Nobody wants to enter the water anymore“Trump said in his celebration speech of the 250th anniversary of the United States Navy, at the Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia.
During his speech, the US president referred to the most recent attack that would have happened on Saturday night, without going into details or sharing images of the operation, as did other times. When asked by the press upon his return to the White House, he said his team “will give those details” in the next few hours.
Trump, during his speech at the Norfolk Naval Base.
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Trump defended this policy, questioned by some jurists, such as “An act of goodness”. He also warned that by not finding drug traffickers in the sea “we will now have to start looking for land because they will be forced to do so,” thereby raising the tension unleashed against the coast of Venezuela.
The Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro He posted a video store on Telegram shortly after Trump’s announcement, in which he condemned the US aggression and said the country had diplomatic support. “Our people have never had or be afraid to defend their right to live and be free,” said the Chavista leader. “We will be prepared to face any scenario.”
Last Friday, the Pentagon reported another military attack in the Caribbean against boats that supposedly transported drugs, which marked the fourth operation since the beginning of September. At least 21 people have died In attacks so far, according to US officials.
“Each of those boats is responsible for the death of 25,000 Americans and families, and when you look at it from this point of view, what we are doing is an act of goodness,” said the president against the troops and the shadow of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.