Washington — President Trump says the US “disabled” a “major facility” linked to suspected drug trafficking operations last week, although he did not provide details.
“There was a huge explosion at the dock area where they were loading boats with drugs,” Trump said Monday while speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago.
IN radio interview On Friday, the president said the US hit the site “very hard” two nights earlier. The president has not revealed the location of the facility, but he has threatened ground strikes in Venezuela following a series of U.S. military strikes on Venezuela. suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
“We just came out of, I don’t know if you read or saw, they have a big plant or a big facility where they ship, ships come from,” Mr. Trump said after a call into WABC Channel 77’s “Sid and Friends in the Morning” on Friday. “We knocked it out two nights ago, so we hit them really hard.”
On Monday, he added that it affected what he called the “implementation area,” adding that “that no longer exists.”
New York Times reported that the president was referring to a drug production plant in Venezuela.
The Pentagon referred questions to the White House. The White House has not yet responded to CBS News' request for comment.
Since September The American military attacked the target The administration said more than two dozen boats were transporting drugs, and the strikes killed at least 107 people. The 30th boat strike occurredTwo people on board died in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, US Southern Command said.
The Trump administration has accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of drug trafficking and collaboration with gangs designated as terrorist organizations by the United States, which Maduro denies. The US has increased its military presence in the region and recently captured two oil tankers under sanctions off the coast of Venezuela.
