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The White House did not provide any evidence that the boat was carrying drugs.
Venezuela's government has claimed that a similar attack killed civilians on a fishing boat.
Last week, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said the boat that had been hit then was Colombian, carrying Colombian citizens.
This isn't a war against drugs, Petro charged.
He says it's an attempt to topple the Venezuelan regime and get its oil.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
President Trump says the vessel was, quote, trafficking narcotics.
Trump released a video on social media showing what appears to be a stationary vessel at sea, which is then blown up by a projectile.
Six, quote, narco-terrorists were killed.
The White House did not provide any evidence that the boat was carrying drugs.
Venezuela's government has claimed that a similar attack killed civilians on a fishing boat.
Last week, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said the boat that had been hit then was Colombian, carrying Colombian citizens.
This isn't a war against drugs, Petro charged.
He says it's an attempt to topple the Venezuelan regime and get its oil.
Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth said the attack killed four men whom he accused of being, quote, narco-terrorists.
President Trump alleged the boat was loaded with enough drugs to kill up to 50,000 people, but the White House has offered no evidence of that.
Venezuela says these are provocations by the U.S., which is intent on toppling the leftist authoritarian government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela's Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino, said they had also detected five American F-35s flying very close to Venezuelan territory on Thursday.