The United States has taken out three boats, not two, that were carrying narcotics from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, correcting earlier reports that only two boats had been hit.
"We knocked off actually three boats, not two. But you saw two," Trump said in remarks during a press gaggle at the White House, which aired on Newsmax. "The problem is there are very few boats out on the water ... I can't imagine why, not even fishing boats."
Trump, on Monday night, said the U.S. military targeted a boat carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and added that the military will continue targeting cartels.
The strike was carried out nearly two weeks after another military strike on a speedboat the Trump administration said was carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing 11.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the United States on Monday of engaging in "aggression" against his country, referring to the U.S. Navy's buildup in the Caribbean and the attack on the first Venezuelan boat.
He also said Caracas will "fully" exercise its "legitimate right to defend itself."
Trump, in response, said Tuesday that Venezuela must "stop sending drugs into the United States" and stop sending members of the Tren de Aragua gang into the country.
He also accused Venezuela of sending prisoners to the U.S. and said border security measures had prevented illegal crossings.
"Another month with zero people getting into our country," Trump said. "Nobody has ever done on the border like I've done."
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