The president of the United States, Donald Trumpsaid Tuesday that the US forces have attacked three vessels of supposed drug traffickers so far in the Caribbean Sea from Venezuela And not two, as he had said until now.
“We knocked ships. Actually there were three ships, not two, but you saw two,” Trump told the press in the White House before leaving for the United Kingdom for a state visit.
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The president was asked about the statements of the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduroin which he accused the American of wanting to invade his country.
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“Stop sending (members of the) Aragua train to the United States. Stop sending drugs to the United States,” Trump replied.
The Republican referred to this Third boat one day after informing that the US armed forces had attacked a boat In which, he said, three people died, which he described as ‘terrorists’.
Shortly after, in the Oval Office, he said that the destroyed boat transported cocaine and fentanyl.
Last Saturday, Caracas denounced that a “destroyer” from the United States approached in a “illegal” way and occupied for eight hours a Venezuelan boat with “nine fishermen” that they were, ”he said – in waters of the South American country.
The Chavista leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro; and the president of the United States, Donald Trump. (Photos of Federico Parra / Saul Loeb / AFP)
However, the United States had not reacted yet.
These attacks occur in the middle of the climbing of tensions between the United States and Venezuela by the US military deployment in the Caribbean Sea with the argument of fighting drug trafficking.
The Trump administration accuses Maduro of leading the so -called Los Soles cartel, something that the Government of Venezuela denies, and has offered a 50 million reward for information that leads to the capture of the Venezuelan president.
Maduro said Monday that communications with the United States are “undone” to what he considers an “aggression” of the North American country, and added that Venezuela is now “more prepared” if it touched an “armed struggle.”
