WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had conducted a strike in the southern Caribbean targeting a drug-laden vessel that had departed from Venezuela.

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The president offered scant details on the operation.

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"When you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally, shot a boat — a drug-carrying boat," Trump told reporters during an unrelated Oval Office event. He added there were "a lot of drugs" on the vessel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the vessel was being operated by a "designated narco-terrorist organization."

The press office of Venezuela’s government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement.

The Pentagon did not offer any

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