debut: 2/16/17
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Drug Boat was 65 miles from T&T
The 11 men killed in a lethal US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug carrying vessel earlier this week reportedly departed from San Juan de Unare, a small coastal fishing town off the Arismendi municipality of Sucre, Venezuela- just approximately 65 miles from Trinidad’s northern coast.President Trump yesterday said of the strike on the vessel that it was a necessary effort for the US to send an unmistakable message to Latin American Cartels.
On Tuesday afternoon, the US confirmed the strike in the southern Caribbean and the deaths of 11 deemed ‘narco-terrorists’ that they later identified as part of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.In a report today, Venezuelan independent media El Pitazo, attributed the victims to San Juan de Unare.
The report states that their sources indicated that the vessel had left the Venezuelan coast on Sunday and was destroyed on Monday in the Caribbean Sea. Eight of the men were natives of the area, and three were from neighbouring towns, it said.El Pitazo states that its sources indicated that the vessel was a speed boat, 12 meters long by 2.5 meters wide, with four 200-horsepower engines. It states that sources claimed two other boats, loaded with drugs left the island and passed along the same route without being intercepted.
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The 11 men killed in a lethal US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug carrying vessel earlier this week reportedly departed from San Juan de Unare, a small coastal fishing town off the Arismendi municipality of Sucre, Venezuela- just approximately 65 miles from Trinidad’s northern coast.President Trump yesterday said of the strike on the vessel that it was a necessary effort for the US to send an unmistakable message to Latin American Cartels.
On Tuesday afternoon, the US confirmed the strike in the southern Caribbean and the deaths of 11 deemed ‘narco-terrorists’ that they later identified as part of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.In a report today, Venezuelan independent media El Pitazo, attributed the victims to San Juan de Unare.
The report states that their sources indicated that the vessel had left the Venezuelan coast on Sunday and was destroyed on Monday in the Caribbean Sea. Eight of the men were natives of the area, and three were from neighbouring towns, it said.El Pitazo states that its sources indicated that the vessel was a speed boat, 12 meters long by 2.5 meters wide, with four 200-horsepower engines. It states that sources claimed two other boats, loaded with drugs left the island and passed along the same route without being intercepted.
See Maps in Article..
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