Amid a US military buildup near Venezuela and strikes against suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump told the US military that the military operation would soon include ground attacks, USA Today writes.
According to him, the army is making efforts to stop Venezuelan drug traffickers. We will have to do this on land and very soon.
Since early September, the Trump administration has attacked at least 21 ships passing through the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in international waters, killing 83 people. Many of them are Venezuelan. Administration officials argued without providing evidence that the vessels were attempting to smuggle drugs into the United States.
Trump closed the sky in Venezuela
The military operation has drawn criticism from legal experts, who question the legality of using lethal military force rather than trying to capture suspected smuggling vessels and their cargo. Democrats in the Senate have stepped up demands that the Trump administration publicly disclose the legal basis for the attacks.
