WASHINGTON.- The US Armed Forces announced that They destroyed three boats linked to drug trafficking in the Pacific and the Caribbean, in an operation that left a balance of 11 muertos.
The three attacks occurred within the framework of the operation Southern Spearwhich the United States launched last September in the Southern Command area of responsibility (Central America, South America and the Caribbean).
It was activated with the primary objective of increasing tension around the then president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurowho was captured in an operation in Caracas by US forces on January 3.
Operation Lanza del Sur: three drug boats shot down
“Late on February 16, under the direction of Southern Command commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the Southern Spear joint force conducted three lethal kinetic attacks against three vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations,” the Southern Command reported today in a statement.
According to the text, Washington confirmed that the vessels “were transiting through known drug trafficking routes and participated in drug trafficking operations.”
“Once male narcoterrorists died during these actions: four on the first vessel in the eastern Pacific, four on the second vessel in the eastern Pacific and three on the third vessel in the Caribbean,” the statement states.
About 150 dead in several US attacks on boats
These three attacks come after another bombing by the US Armed Forces destroyed another boat last Friday and caused the death of its three crew members.
Since September these summary attacks against alleged drug traffickers They now exceed forty and have left around 150 dead.
Faced with criticism from those who believe that Washington is not granting these people due process, the government of Donald Trump argues that his actions are justified because he declared the war against several cartels and organizations linked to drug trafficking in Latin America.
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