Tensions are rising with Venezuela after a U.S. military strike in the southern Caribbean Sea.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang. The president said 11 were killed in the rare U.S. military operation in the Americas.

The State Department also confirms the boat was linked to Tren de Aragua, a "designated narco-terrorist organization." The gang is reportedly operating out of Venezuela under President Nicholas Maduro and is responsible for major drug smuggling into the U.S. and other countries in the region.

The U.S. Navy has deployed eight ships to the area to curb the activity of drug cartels.

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