Trump said that narco-terrorists are responsible for drugs killing 200,000 Americans annually and announced plans to expand “Operation Southern Spear” from maritime interdictions to land strikes.
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Any country trafficking illegal narcotics is a possible target, Trump added, mentioning Colombia and Venezuela.
“Not just Venezuela. Venezuela has been very bad. Venezuela has been really bad in something else, probably worse than most, but a lot of other people do it too,” Trump said.
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“We’re saving hundreds of thousands of lives with our pinpoint attacks,” Trump added.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the administration has “only just begun” targeting narco-terrorists, vowing to put traffickers “at the bottom of the ocean” for “poisoning the American people.”
The United States has been ramping up its military presence in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Spear, while continuing strikes on vessels tied to narco-terrorists.
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More than 80 people have been killed in strikes on alleged drug vessels, reported CNN.
Trump issued a warning Sunday, declaring Venezuelan airspace effectively off-limits.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump posted to Truth Social.
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The Maduro regime responded, calling the president’s comments a “colonialist threat.”
“No authority outside the Venezuelan institutional framework has the power to interfere with, block, or condition the use of international airspace,” the statement said.
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Pope Leo encouraged the United States against invading Venezuela on Tuesday while speaking to reporters on the papal plane.
“It seems there is the possibility that there be some activity, even an operation to invade Venezuelan territory,” Leo said. “I truly believe that it is better to look for ways of dialogue, maybe pressure, including economic pressure, but looking another way to change, if that is what they want to do in the United States.”
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