WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela.

The president offered scant details on the operation. Latest Forecast ° F FEELS LIKE No weather data available

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the vessel was being operated by a "designated narco-terrorist organization." He described the operation as a lethal strike.

The U.S. had recently announced plans to boost its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels.

The U.S. has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of personnel being deployed. Still, President Nicolás Maduro's governm

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