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Venezue­lan Jus­tice Min­is­ter Dios­da­do Ca­bel­lo has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of be­ing “re­spon­si­ble” for the deaths of fish­er­men killed in a U.S. mil­i­tary strike in the Caribbean.

Last week, 11 peo­ple died when a U.S. op­er­a­tion tar­get­ed a boat the Amer­i­cans claimed was leav­ing Venezuela with drugs. Ca­bel­lo made his com­ments on Wednes­day night dur­ing his week­ly pro­gramme Con El Ma­zo Dan­do, con­tin­u­ing a string of per­son­al at­tacks on the T&T Prime Min­is­ter. Over re­cent months, he has la­belled her “crazy” and, most re­cent­ly, “a drunk.”

Ad­dress­ing the in­ci­dent, Ca­bel­lo said the U.S. at­tack was based on “fake news.” He added: “One of the nar­ra­tives is that they men­tioned the Aragua Train again. It seems they have X-rays from a ship or a plane. They de­ter­mined they were from that or­ga­ni­za­tion. Well, it is a lie! They them­selves ad­mit that.” He then tar­get­ed the Prime Min­is­ter: