U.S. strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills 6
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Trump says he ordered another military strike of a boat off the coast of Venezuela in what appears to be the fifth such strike in the Caribbean Sea, killing six people.
President Donald Trump has launched another lethal strike on a fifth alleged drug smuggling boat from Venezuela, killing six people but once again offering no evidence of who or what was on board. Amid growing international skepticism about the strikes,
Venezuela's government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Caracas cited "mounting threats" from the U.S., which has conducted multiple military strikes on alleged drug boats off Venezuela.
At least one of the boats taken out by U.S. forces seeking to stem to drug flows to the United States via the Caribbean was Colombian, claims President Petro.