The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee has said that the Pentagon has provided Congress with “no evidence” to back its claims on the legitimacy of the boat strike in the Caribbean that killed 11 people who experts say were civilians .

The Defense Department briefed congressional staff on the strike on Tuesday, CNN reports . The officials did not present any evidence backing the Trump administration’s claims that the people targeted were affiliated with a gang or cartel, according to Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island).

“They have offered no positive identification that the boat was Venezuelan, nor that its crew were members of Tren de Aragua or any other cartel,” said Reed after the briefing, per CNN .

Nor did the Pentagon officials provide intelligence showing that

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