{"id":500868,"date":"2025-09-04T01:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=500868"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:16:41","slug":"us-strike-sinks-venezuela-drug-boat-11-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-strike-sinks-venezuela-drug-boat-11-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"US strike sinks Venezuela drug boat, 11 killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between Washington and Caracas have escalated in recent weeks<br \/>\n washington<br \/>\nThe US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration\u2019s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.<br \/>\n\u201cWe just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd there\u2019s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time &#8230; These came out of Venezuela.\u201d<br \/>\nHe later shared a video on his Truth Social platform that appeared to show footage from overhead drones of a speedboat at sea exploding and then on fire.<br \/>\n\u201cThe strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No US Forces were harmed in this strike,\u201d Trump said.<br \/>\nTrump post on Truth Social platform.<br \/>\nHe added that the US military had identified the crew as members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the US designated a terrorist group in February.<br \/>\nHe repeated allegations that Tren de Aragua is being controlled by Venezuela\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro, accusations that Caracas denies.<br \/>\nVenezuela\u2019s Communications Minister, Freddy Nanez, suggested in a post on social media that the video shared by Trump was created with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions between Washington and Caracas have escalated in recent weeks washington The US military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration\u2019s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. 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