President Trump on Tuesday provided more details on the strike against a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking boat from Venezuela, “while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, over 4,000 Marines and sailors have been deployed to the waters of the Caribbean as part of a “counter-cartel mission.” We’re already seeing the results.
It can be recalled that President Trump designated foreign drug cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, MS-13, and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations with an executive order on his first day in office.
Eleven terrorists were killed in the strike, Trump said.
“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” he announced.
“TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere.”
The President also shared a video of the strike, stating, “Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!”
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Full statement from President Trump below:
Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!!!!!!
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Trump told reporters that the United States carried out a successful strike on a Venezuelan boat that was attempting to smuggle drugs into the US.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also confirmed that the strike was carried out in the Southern Caribbean and that the vessel “departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
WATCH: Trump Says US Forces Take Out Drug-Smuggling Ship From Venezuela – “There’s More Where that Came From”
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