The Trump administration is planning to deport two alleged drug smugglers who escaped capture by the US military to Ecuador and Colombia. recent boat strike in the Caribbean.
President Trump announced Saturday that two survivors of a boat attack by the US military on Thursday that killed two other “narco-terrorists” will be transferred to their native countries for “detention and prosecution.”
It is unclear whether Ecuador and Colombia will prosecute the alleged drug terrorists or release them.
Transfer of survivors occurs after their detained on thursdayAfter the strike, and was transferred to a Navy ship where he received medical treatment.
The four alleged drug smugglers were traveling in a semi-submersible, which Trump said was headed to the US on a “well-known drug trafficking transit route” and was carrying mostly fentanyl as well as other illegal drugs.
“It was my great honor to destroy a very large drug-carrying submarine that was en route to the United States on a well-known drug trafficking transit route,” the president wrote in a letter. Post Truth on Social. “US Intelligence confirmed that this vessel was loaded mostly with fentanyl and other illegal narcotics.”
Trump said no US troops were injured in the operation and claimed that 25,000 Americans would have died if the submarine had reached the US coast.
Trump said, “Under my watch, the United States will not tolerate narcotics terrorists who smuggle illegal drugs by land or sea.” “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Thursday’s attack appears to be the first since the US began attacking alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea that contained survivors. This was the sixth strike since the beginning of September.
27 people have been killed in the first of five strikes against alleged drug-trafficking ships off the Venezuelan coast, according to authorities.
The administration has increased its military presence in the Caribbean and stepped up pressure against Venezuelan authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, whom the administration considers an “illegitimate” leader.
On Thursday, a Pentagon official… Said About 10,000 US troops are supporting anti-narcotics operations in the region.
Trump appears Confirmed On Wednesday he authorized the CIA to conduct operations in Venezuela.
chairman dropped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an F-bomb during a visit to the White House on Friday, warning Maduro not to get involved in a conflict with the US.
“He doesn’t want to make an alliance with America,” Trump told reporters.
On Thursday, the same day as the latest attack, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced he four-star Navy Admiral Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees Central and South American military operations, will retire from the Navy on Dec. 12, less than a year into his post.
