US President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 "Narcoterrorists".
He posted on social media that Tuesday's US military operation had targeted members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
Trump said the vessel was in international waters and was transporting illegal narcotics bound for the US.
The Trump administration has ratcheted up military and political pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in recent weeks, including through a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest on drug-trafficking charges.
Maduro has vowed Venezuela would fight any attempted US military intervention, and has insisted that the US is building a false drug trafficking narrative to try to force him out of office.
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