U.S. Strikes a Second Venezuela Boat, Killing 3, Trump Says
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President Trump announced a second Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat was destroyed by U.S. military forces. The strike, which killed three people, occurred in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility where two Mayport-based warships were patrolling.
The Venezuela leader, Nicolás Maduro, said that the Trump administration was trying to start a war in the Caribbean.
Latin American leaders are likely feeling uneasy after President Trump ordered a military strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean.
Trump has deployed more U.S. forces to the Caribbean to take on drug traffickers directly, increasing tensions with socialist-controlled Venezuela. "Stop sending Tren de Aragua into the United States,