"It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE that was navigating towards the United States on a well-known narcotrafficking transit route," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) stated that two "narcoterrorists" were killed in a US military strike on a drug-carrying submarine en route to the country, while two other suspects survived and will be repatriated to their countries of origin for prosecution.
US President Donald Trump announced that the military struck a drug-trafficking vessel off Venezuela, killing six people. He said the boat was linked to a terrorist group. The Pentagon has defended similar strikes, while critics question their legality and the growing tensions with Venezu
In a post on his media platform Truth Social, Trump stated that the vessel was located within the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area, which spans Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.
In a post on his social media handle Truth Social, the US President stated that the strike had occurred while the narcoterrorists from Venezuela were transporting illegal narcotics in International waters, calling it a deadly weapon poisoning the Americans.