WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the US military launched its third deadly strike against drug smuggling containers this month.
In a social media post, Trump said the strike was on a vessel that killed three people and “participated with designated terrorist groups that engaged in narco trafficking in the USSouthcom territory of responsibility.” He did not provide more accurate details about the location of the strike, and the White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“Intelligence had passed along known narcotic trafficking passages to confirm that the vessel was trafficking illegal drugs and poisoning Americans,” Trump said in the post.
Trump announced on Monday that the US military had implemented it Strike on a boat It is said that they carry drugs from Venezuela. The strike also killed three people.
That continued on September 2nd Military strike What the Trump administration said was a drug transport speedboat that killed 11 people. Trump claimed the boat was run by a gang in Tren de Aragua.
The Trump administration justified military action as an escalation necessary to halt the flow of drugs to the United States.
But several senators, Democrats, and some Republicans, as well as human rights groups, have questioned the legality of Trump’s actions. They view it as a potential overdue for enforcement, as the military was being used for law enforcement purposes.
