{"id":45542,"date":"2025-09-03T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-strikes-drug-carrying-boat-from-venezuela-rubio-says\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:35:29","slug":"u-s-military-strikes-drug-carrying-boat-from-venezuela-rubio-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-strikes-drug-carrying-boat-from-venezuela-rubio-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. military strikes drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, Rubio says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington <\/em>\u2014 The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug-carrying boat hailing from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump announced the strike during an unrelated Tuesday afternoon <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-announce-space-command-headquarters-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Oval Office event<\/a><\/span>, saying the military had &#8220;shot out&#8221; the boat &#8220;moments ago.&#8221; He said his team had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n<p>The president later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115136798909755892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on Truth Social<\/a> that 11 people were killed in the strike, which he said targeted members of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-us-sanctions-leaders-affiliates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tren de Aragua<\/a><\/span>, a Venezuela-based organized crime group that the Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/designation-of-international-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">designated<\/a> as a foreign terrorist organization. He posted a video that appeared to show a military strike against a small boat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!&#8221; the president wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1962955959195537618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted on X<\/a> that the military carried out a &#8220;lethal strike&#8221; in the southern Caribbean Sea. He said the &#8220;drug vessel&#8221; had departed Venezuela and &#8220;was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.&#8221; Rubio later told reporters he believed the drugs that were allegedly carried on the boat were probably headed toward Trinidad and Tobago or &#8220;some other country in the Caribbean.&#8221; A senior defense official also said the U.S. had conducted a &#8220;precision strike&#8221; against the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>The strike came after the U.S. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-warships-venezuela-trump-nicolas-maduro-tension-drug-cartel-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">confirmed last month<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that the Navy would boost its presence near Venezuela, deploying three warships to the waters off the South American country as part of an anti-drug cartel mission. Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maduro-venezuela-us-troops-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">called the ships<\/a><\/span> an &#8220;extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral and absolutely criminal and bloody threat&#8221; and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-deploys-warships-us-sends-destroyers-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deployed military forces<\/a><\/span> to the country&#8217;s coastline, vowing to defend against any possible U.S. attack.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has not indicated it plans to strike Venezuela&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/trump-doubles-reward-to-50-million-for-arrest-of-venezuelas-president-to-face-us-drug-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accused Maduro&#8217;s government<\/a><\/span> \u2014 a longtime U.S. foe \u2014 of working with drug cartels and groups like Tren de Aragua to traffic narcotics to the United States, and of <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sb0207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leading<\/a> a Venezuela-based drug group called Cartel de los Soles. Maduro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was charged<\/a> with narco-terrorism and drug trafficking in U.S. federal court in 2020. Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/trump-doubles-reward-to-50-million-for-arrest-of-venezuelas-president-to-face-us-drug-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">doubled the reward<\/a><\/span> for Maduro&#8217;s arrest to $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro has denied the allegations. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil called Bondi&#8217;s move &#8220;pathetic&#8221; and a &#8220;crude political propaganda operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-military-to-target-latin-american-drug-cartels-source-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">directed the military<\/a><\/span> to target drug cartels in Latin America last month, CBS News previously reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/joe-walsh\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe  Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. 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