Trump boasts about bombing another Venezuelan 'drug boat' in the Caribbean. Smugglers have just found new routes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the strike, which he also shared a video of online.
50% : "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO [drug trafficking organization] route," Trump wrote.
50% : On September 2, the U.S. targeted an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean that Trump said was being operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing 11 people on board.
50% : A strike on September 15 killed three "terrorists," Trump said at the time.
50% : As a result, Trump directed the Pentagon to "conduct operations against them pursuant to the law of armed conflict.
50% : With Trump also cracking down on the southern border and now in the Caribbean, drug traffickers are taking new measures to sneak contraband into the U.S. Some smugglers hide drugs in cargo vessels, which makes it difficult to detect, as the drugs are mixed in with legal goods, like produce.
39% : Additionally, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said last week that the U.S. government knows the boats it's targeting are not being used for drug trafficking.
35% : " However, as the U.S. ramps up its military presence in the Caribbean along a corridor once known as being popular for moving illicit goods and people, smugglers have found other ways to get illegal drugs into the U.S., according to a New York Times report.

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