US strike on boat off Venezuela kills six, Trump says

 


WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.



(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Katharine Jackson)