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U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers currently flying over the Southern Caribbean Sea between Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers currently flying over the Southern Caribbean Sea between Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
The Trump administration has given the green light to the CIA to carry out unilateral and lethal actions within Venezuela.
Qatar presented two proposals to the U.S., endorsed by Maduro, for a transition in Venezuela—one with the Rodríguez brothers in charge, another with Rodríguez Torres—, but Washington rejected them for not meeting minimum conditions of institutional legitimacy and democracy, according to the Miami Herald.
In less than a week, President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Venezuela using ground troops, confirmed ongoing covert operations inside the country, and ordered bombers capable of dropping nuclear weapons to fly in circles off its coast in what appears to be an unprecedented show of force intended to pressure the Venezuelan president to step down.
On Thursday, the U.S. launched what appears to be the sixth lethal boat strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea this year. A U.S. official, who confirmed the account first reported by Reuters, said there were survivors among the crew.
Read More:The White House has defended the extraordinary military operations as necessary to stem the tide of illicit drugs coming to the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military carried out a new #strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what appeared to be a first, there were survivors among the crew, a #US official told Reuters.
Read More:The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer additional details about the incident, which has not been previously reported. The #Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Read More:According to reports, a number of current officials in Caracas have begun covert efforts to cooperate with #Washington with the aim of removing #Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power.
Read More:Oct 17 (Reuters) - The US military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them in the aftermath of a U.S. strike on Thursday on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean that killed two others, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.President Donald Trump's administration has informed Congress that the strikes are part of a U.S. war on narcoterrorism, raising the possibility that the strike survivors are the first prisoners of war in that campaign.
Pres. Trump Threatens Colombia-Calls Pres. Petro Drug Dealer
Meanwhile, Noticias Caracol, a Colombian news program, reported that the man injured in the most recent strike was hospitalized after he was repatriated and remains in serious condition.
It quoted Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti as saying that the Colombian “will be prosecuted, he will be received — forgive the harsh expression — as a criminal, because so far what is known is that he was carrying a boat full of cocaine, which in our country is a crime, and despite the fact that it was in international waters, his repatriation will be as if he were being prosecuted in the United States.”
Petro said the man had been aboard a “narco submarine.”
On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was operating in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
