A dramatic US military strike on a vessel allegedly smuggling drugs from Venezuela has left two survivors — the first reported from a series of recent attacks.
They are now said to be in US custody aboard a Navy ship in the Caribbean.
It’s the sixth such strike in just a few weeks. President Donald Trump confirmed the latest assault, calling the target “a drug-carrying submarine.”
He insisted, “This was not an innocent group of people. I don’t know too many people who have submarines.”
Washington claims the operation is part of a campaign against what US officials call “narco-terrorists.”
But critics, including UN human rights experts, say the strikes amount to “extrajudicial executions.”
Tensions Rise At Sea
Venezuelan officials allege the US is turning the Caribbean into a “war zone.”
“There is a killer prowling the Caribbean,” Venezuela’s UN ambassador Samuel Moncada declared, urging the UN Security Council to act.
Local reports suggest the dead may include fishermen from Trinidad and Tobago — just miles from Venezuela’s coast.
Meanwhile, Trump has hinted at authorizing CIA operations.

He has also hinted at possible attacks on Venezuelan soil, as 10,000 US troops remain stationed in the region.
Narco-subs — homemade, low-radar boats built from fiberglass — are the new frontier in drug smuggling.
But as tensions escalate, one can’t help but wonder: is this really a war on drugs, or a new Cold War taking shape at sea?