President Donald Trump said US forces killed three people Monday in a new strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, as Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro vowed to defend against Washington’s “aggression.”

The strike on what Trump called “narcoterrorists from Venezuela” comes after another strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat earlier this month killed 11 people, and amid a large US naval build-up in the region.

“This morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike,” Trump said on his Truth Social network, adding that “The Strike resulted in 3 male terrorists killed in action.”

Trump — whose administration denies accusations that such strikes amount to extrajudicial killings — also posted a video of a boat bobbing in the sea before

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