JUST IN: Trump Announces Another Deadly Attack On Alleged Drug Smuggling Boat From Venezuela

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that U.S. forces struck another Venezuelan boat trafficking drugs.

Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, writing, “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 in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela.” He added:

Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

Trump’s deadly attacks on alleged drug traffickers from Venezuela have stirred controversy in recent weeks. The Trump administration notified Congress earlier this month that the U.S. is now engaged in an official “armed conflict” with drug cartels, according to a confidential notice obtained by the New York Times.

The Times reported at the time that the “notice was sent to several congressional committees” and “adds new detail to the administration’s thinly articulated legal rationale for why three U.S. military strikes the president ordered on boats in the Caribbean Sea last month, killing all 17 people aboard them, should be seen as lawful rather than murder.”