"Drugs on board": US military struck a veneisela ship (video)

He argues that US intelligence "no doubt has confirmed that this ship was engaged in drug smuggling, people on board were drug terrorists, and they acted on a well -known transit route of drug trafficking. " Hegset has provided any other evidence, reports the Associated Press. The Venezuelan boat was attacked less than a day after it became known that President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels illegal fighters and stated that the United States was now in "armed conflict".

According to Hegsset, four people were killed, but no other details about who they were or to which organization belonged to. When the Associated Press journalists asked the Pentagon to provide more information about the impact, they were sent to Hegset on social networks. The video of the impact published on the Internet shows how a small boat moves in the open sea and then explodes. When the smoke is scattered from the explosion, it is seen as a boat covered with flames drifting on water.

Trump has already stated that "a ship loaded with drugs sufficient to kill from 25 to 50 thousand people stopped today early in the morning off the shores of Venezuela, and it could not enter the US waters. " Last month, the US military struck three more deadly blows to the Caribbean ships, which the Trump administration accused of drug transportation. In view of this attack, at least three of these operations were performed against Venezuela.

These blows followed the unprecedented increase in the US Navy in the Caribbean: there are now numerous Navy ships, ten modern F-35 fighters, Harrier, Navy submarine and the 22nd expeditionary detachment of the Marines, the total number of 2200. According to NBC News last week, the US military also considers how to strike direct blows for drug trafficking in Venezuela. Regional forces do not hide that they also work out land invasions.

During a recent training operation on the American Virgin Islands, soldiers jumped from helicopters into the sea, and then met with detachments on Earth. "Our military worked out their unique landing skills in the controversial territory, the organization of the airfield, the management of aircraft, response to search and rescue operations, the management of conditional medical evacuation and the reconnaissance and reconnaissance indication in a very short time," the officer said.