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Washington.- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, insisted this Tuesday that "very soon" US attacks against drug cartels will begin within Venezuelan territory, following the operation against boats in the Caribbean, which he accuses of transporting drugs.
"On land it's much easier. We know the routes they take. We know everything about them. We know where they live. We know where the bad guys live. And we're going to start with that very soon too," the president told the press during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House.You may be interested in: http://Trump promises to «retake» the Panama Canal and rename the Gulf of Mexico
The leader already warned last week that his Armed Forces will act "very soon" on the ground against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers and announced to pilots and airlines that they must consider Venezuelan airspace "completely closed". An attack on Venezuelan territory would be framed within the operation dubbed by the Pentagon as Southern Spear, which has so far destroyed about twenty vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific, leaving, according to the U.S., more than 80 people dead, accused of being drug traffickers. According to The Washington Post, in the first of those attacks, carried out on September 2nd, a second bombing was allegedly ordered by the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to kill two survivors, an action that could be investigated as a war crime. Asked about this topic, Trump said he has no information about it, that he trusts Hegseth and that he has heard that the admiral in command of the operation, Frank Bradley, "is an extraordinary person". Trump also assured that the destruction of boats allegedly loaded with drugs has saved "thousands of lives" in the United States. For his part, Hegseth said he saw no survivors while monitoring the attack and criticized the press for spreading information that "is not based on the truth." Both the White House and the Pentagon have insisted that all attacks are completely legal and have shown their confidence in Bradley's work.
