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US conducts covert drone strike on Venezuela port in first such attack
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to CNN, the strike was executed by the CIA and targeted a remote dock that US agencies believe was being used by the criminal gang Tren de Aragua to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for onward trafficking. No casualties were reported, as the site was reportedly empty at th
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Trump says US military sank three Venezuela-linked drug-smuggling boats
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
President Donald Trump said the US military sank a third drug-running boat from Venezuela, urging Nicolas Maduro to "stop sending Tren de Aragua into the United States, stop sending drugs" and "stop sending people from your prisons."
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US kills 11 in strike on Venezuelan cartel's boat carrying drugs
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Trump said 11 people were killed in the strike conducted in "international waters." Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the "lethal strike" as taking place in the "southern Caribbean" targeting "a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela."
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US President Donald Trump announces "secondary tariff" on Venezuela
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Trump said that the US would impose 25 per cent tariffs on a nation that purchases oil or gas from Venezuela, adding that the tariff would take place on April 2.
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Venezuela takes prison control of gang-run jail
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After regaining control of a jail run by the dreaded criminal organisation in the northern state of Aragua, Venezuela claims to have dismantled the Tren de Aragua gang, Al Jazeera reported.
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