Trump says US will soon stop Venezuelan drug trafficking ‘by land’

In the most recent escalation in tensions with Venezuela, which has accused Washington of planning to overthrow its president Nicolas Maduro, the US president has stated that the country will start targeting it “by land.”

As a result of Washington’s attacks on so-called “drug trafficking vessels” and other international military exercises, dozens of people have died in international waters as a result of US forces’ deployments to the Latin American region, including an aircraft carrier group, stealth fighter jets, and thousands of troops.

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In a video message he delivered to US forces over the Thanksgiving holiday, Trump said, “You really are the backbone of America’s air force, and you’ve been working in recent weeks to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers, of which there are many.

Trump remarked, “Of course, there aren’t any coming in by sea any more.” We will start preventing them by landing on land as a result of the people’s refusal to deliver goods by sea.

The land is simpler, but that will start very soon. We issued a warning. Stop poisoning our nation.

“But we’re going to handle that,” he said. Already, we are exerting a lot. Nearly stopped, we think. The US president continued, “It’s about 85 percent stopped by sea.”

At least 83 people have been killed by US military strikes on ships in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September, totaling more than 20. The campaign of attacks has been characterized by legal experts and governments in Latin America as extrajudicial killings.

Regional leaders claim that the attacks have resulted in the deaths of primarily fishermen despite Washington’s lack of proof that the vessels attacked were drug traffickers.

Trump claimed Maduro and senior Venezuelan government officials are involved in the drug trade and previously warned of potential military action against sites there.

Officials in Caracas claim that the US is using drug trafficking as a pretext to impose military rule in Venezuela in order to overthrow Maduro.

Despite weeks of US threats, Maduro said Venezuelans wouldn’t be intimidated.

Foreign and imperialist forces have been threatening to end the peace in Venezuela, the Caribbean Sea, South America, and Venezuela for 17 weeks using false and extravagant claims that no one believes, including in the powerful Venezuelan public opinion.

In his speech, which was broadcast on national television, Maduro stated, “Today, we say that there is no threat or aggression that frightens our people or takes us by surprise.”