Rubio, Trump announce 'lethal strike' on Venezuelan drug boat
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September 2, 2025
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced via X (formerly Twitter) that the country had conducted a lethal strike on a vessel that had earlier departed from Venezuela.
The post at 3.09 p.m. read: “As @potus just announced moments ago, today the US military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
CCN also reported on the post, saying the move by the Donald Trump-led administration represented a “significant escalation” against drug cartels.
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