Venezuelan exiles and activists in South Florida say they are watching closely and with renewed hope after President Donald Trump announced a military strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela, calling it part of a campaign against "narcoterrorist networks."

Trump announces strike on drug-trafficking vessel

The Trump administration ordered its fifth military strike against a vessel allegedly carrying illegal narcotics off the coast of Venezuela.

In a 33-second black-and-white video posted on Truth Social, Trump announced the strike, which showed a stationary boat at sea being destroyed by a missile.

In his post, Trump stated that "intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a know

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