Trump says US has carried out another fatal strike targeting alleged drug-smuggling boat

WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump noted Friday the U S military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month Trump in a social media posting commented the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility He did not provide more precise details about the location of the strike and the White House and Pentagon did not straightaway respond to requests for comment Intelligence validated the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans Trump noted in the post The U S twice this month carried out strikes against alleged drug-smuggling vessels that had originated from Venezuela Source