The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened more strikes against narco-traffickers in the Caribbean Sea after targeting a boat allegedly laden with drugs from Venezuela, killing 11 people, even as questions arise about the legality of the move and whether it was an unnecessary act of aggression.
¡°It won¡¯t stop with just this strike,¡± Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview with Fox and Friends on Wednesday morning. ¡°We knew exactly who was in that boat, we knew exactly what they were doing and we knew exactly who they represented.¡±
The move marked a major escalation in Trump¡¯s crackdown on narcotics traffickers following the deployment of several U.S. Navy vessels off the Venezuelan coast in recent weeks. The administration has also offered a $50 million bounty for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose government it accused of links with the drug-running groups.
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