The U.S. military has carried out another airstrike on an alleged drug cartel vessel on Tuesday night, according to two U.S. officials, this time in the Pacific Ocean.Tensions between the United States and Venezuela continue to escalate as the U.S. military keeps attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea that it says are suspected of smuggling drugs for cartels and criminal gangs the Trump administration has labeled terrorists.
The administration has focused its rhetoric on President Nicolás Maduro, the authoritarian leader of Venezuela, who was indicted on drug trafficking charges in the United States in 2020. President Trump has authorized C.I.A. operations in Venezuela, and the administration is weighing land strikes as some of his aides push to oust Mr. Maduro.
But the boat attacks have not been limited to Venezuelan targets, and turbulence over them is spreading to other countries, especially Colombia.
