President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people.

“Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking,” Trump posted on Truth Social .

Trump said intelligence confirmed that the vessel was trafficking narcotics and was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks.

The strike marks the fifth deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the region. At least 27 people have been killed in the five strikes, according to the Trump administration.

The administration has justified its military actions in the Western Hemisphere as a nec

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