美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周二在社交媒体平台上宣布，他下令美国军队对一艘据称与南美一个团伙有关联的贩毒船进行打击。
总统说,“在南方司令部负责的地区，对积极确认的Tren de Aragua毒枭恐怖分子的动态打击”
袭击发生时，该船“正在国际水域运送非法麻醉品，前往美国，”根据特朗普的说法。
“这次袭击导致11名恐怖分子在行动中丧生，”他说。
特朗普说:“TDA是一个被认定的外国恐怖组织，在(委内瑞拉总统)尼古拉斯·马杜罗(Nicolas Maduro)的控制下运作，对美国和西半球的大规模谋杀、贩毒、性交易以及暴力和恐怖行为负责。”。
当被问及当美国船只在该地区时是否计划进行类似的行动时，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥表示，如果有，“没有人应该感到惊讶”。
“这就是他们在那里执行反毒品任务的原因，他们将继续行动。至于具体细节和未来的行动，我必须让你向五角大楼了解，”卢比奥在前往墨西哥和厄瓜多尔的途中说。
“可以这么说，总统将对美国的毒品卡特尔和毒品走私发起进攻。它不仅破坏了这个国家的稳定，也破坏了整个加勒比海盆地的稳定，”他说。因此，总统非常明确地表示，他将动用美国的全部力量，美国的全部力量，来打击和根除这些贩毒集团，不管他们在哪里活动。"
特朗普还在其社交媒体平台上发布了罢工视频。
特朗普在周二下午的椭圆形办公室活动中取笑了这一声明。
五角大楼在一份声明中证实，军方已经“对一艘由指定的毒品恐怖组织运营的毒品船进行了精确打击。”
上周，一名美国官员向美国广播公司证实，八名海军船只被分配到美国南方司令部，以帮助打击毒品卡特尔。
US military strikes alleged drug boat, Trump says, '11 terrorists killed'
President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Tuesday that he ordered U.S. military forces to conduct a strike against an alleged drug boat that he claimed was connected to a South American gang.
The president said the "kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility."
The attack took place while the boat was "at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to theUnited States," according to Trump.
"The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action" he said.
"TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of [Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere," Trump said.
Asked whether similar operations were planned while there were U.S. vessels in the area, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "No one should be surprised" if there were.
"That's why they're there on a counter drug mission, and they're going to continue to operate. As far as specifics and future operations, I have to refer you to the Pentagon on that,” Rubio said as he was departing for a trip to Mexico and Ecuador.
“Suffice it to say that the president is going to be on offense against drug cartels, drug trafficking in the United States. It destabilizes not just the country, but the entire Caribbean Basin,” he said. So the president's been very clear that he's going to use the full power of America, the full might of the United States, to take on and eradicate these drug cartels, no matter where they're operating from.”
Trump also posted a video of the strike on his social media platform.
Trump teased this announcement during his Oval Office event Tuesday afternoon.
The Pentagon confirmed in a statement the military has conducted a “precision strike against a drug vessel operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
Last week, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that eightNavyships were being assigned to U.S. Southern Command to help counter drug cartels.
