On Tuesday, President Donald Trump carried out a strike on a boat in the southern Caribbean that he claims was operated by members of the Tren de Aragua gang and en route to the United States with drugs on board. "The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States," Trump posted on Truth Social with a video of the strike. "Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!"

The strike followed last week's deployment of eight U.S. warships, one nuclear-powered submarine, and thousands of Marines—the largest military buildup in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. Officially, Washington says it's fighting drug cartels by fir

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