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U.S. President Donald Trump hinted that Washington could carry out ground operations to stop drug trafficking in the country.
The leader said that, due to the U.S. offensive against boats in the Caribbean, traffickers no longer transport narcotics by water.
They no longer arrive by sea, so now we will have to start looking by land, because they will be forced to go by land
"Let me tell you right now that that's not going to work out for you either," he declared.
During the same intervention, Trump announced that Washington attacked another boat in the Caribbean last night, which was allegedly used for drug trafficking.
"There are no more boats in the water. You can't find any. It's very difficult for us to find them. [...] But last night we carried out [an attack against] another one," he pointed out, adding: "We are very good at that."
According to his words, "each of those vessels is responsible for the death of 25,000 Americans." "Therefore, when you think about it that way, what we are doing is actually an act of kindness," he added.
In August, international media reported on a U.S. military deployment in the southern Caribbean, supposedly to confront drug cartels. At the same time, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of the Venezuelan president under the —never substantiated— accusation of leading a "narcotrafficking cartel". Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claims his country is the victim of a "multiform war" orchestrated from the U.S. in the interest of bringing about a "regime change". In response to U.S. military movements, Maduro called for the mass enlistment of militiamen. This Saturday, the Armed Forces and the militias of Venezuela also conducted a special exercise throughout the national territory as part of the country's preparation against the U.S. military threat. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez clarified this Saturday that Venezuela has "absolutely nothing to do with narcotic relations with the U.S." and insisted that Washington is disturbing stability not only in the country, but in the region. "It's not just against Venezuela, no. It's against our entire continent. They seek to disturb, as they have done with the economic war," she said. Other regional leaders such as Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba), Luis Arce (Bolivia), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) and Gustavo Petro (Colombia), consider that there is no evidence to support the US accusation against Maduro, while the appetites of the North American country to dominate strategic resources present in the western hemisphere are public.
US Attacks in the Caribbean
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared a video showing an attack by his Armed Forces against what he called a "drug trafficking boat" sailing in the Caribbean, near Venezuela. He detailed that the attack was carried out in international waters by order of Trump and ended the lives of four crew members, whom he described as "narco-terrorists". It was not the first time Washington carried out this type of attack, in the context of a military deployment in the southern Caribbean that Caracas has called an "aggression." The first of them occurred on September 2nd, then reported Donald Trump himself, who pointed out that the operation against a supposed "drug boat" left 11 dead. Tensions with Venezuela escalateIn August, international media reported on a U.S. military deployment in the southern Caribbean, supposedly to confront drug cartels. At the same time, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of the Venezuelan president under the —never substantiated— accusation of leading a "narcotrafficking cartel". Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claims his country is the victim of a "multiform war" orchestrated from the U.S. in the interest of bringing about a "regime change". In response to U.S. military movements, Maduro called for the mass enlistment of militiamen. This Saturday, the Armed Forces and the militias of Venezuela also conducted a special exercise throughout the national territory as part of the country's preparation against the U.S. military threat. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez clarified this Saturday that Venezuela has "absolutely nothing to do with narcotic relations with the U.S." and insisted that Washington is disturbing stability not only in the country, but in the region. "It's not just against Venezuela, no. It's against our entire continent. They seek to disturb, as they have done with the economic war," she said. Other regional leaders such as Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba), Luis Arce (Bolivia), Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) and Gustavo Petro (Colombia), consider that there is no evidence to support the US accusation against Maduro, while the appetites of the North American country to dominate strategic resources present in the western hemisphere are public.
