Are we going to invade Venezuela?
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What actions has the U.S. taken against drug boats off Venezuela's coast?
First, it was one alleged drug boat, back in September. U.S. military forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists.
Eleven on board were killed. When you flood American streets with drugs, you are terrorizing America.
Then, a second strike. In the Caribbean. Then another. And another. Almost every week for two months. In total, more than a dozen ships have been hit and at least 57 people left dead.
We're going to kill them. You know, they're going to be like dead. OK.
And Trump is still upping the ante. He's sending warships to the coast of Venezuela. But the question is why and what Stephen Miller got to do with it.
OK.
I'm Ested Herndon, filling in around here for the next few months. That and more, coming up on Today Explained from Vox.
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Estar escuchando a Hoy Explicado. Today Explained.
I'm Alex Horton, and I cover the Pentagon and the military for The Washington Post. And you're the exact person to talk to right now because I've been seeing some headlines that seem to indicate that America might be making some steps toward war with Venezuela, but I don't have any sense of how likely that is or why this seems to be happening. I was hoping you can give me the state of play right now. Sure. It's been a widening conflict since early September, and it's not really clear to me either, you know, where this is going.
When you come out and when you leave... The room, you'll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat. In early September, the U.S.
started striking boats suspected of carrying drugs in the Caribbean.
President Trump says the strike killed 11 members of the notorious gang Tren del Agua.
The massive explosion, sending debris raining down in international waters.
This is the first time that we know of where the U.S. military has conducted multiple military strikes in the same day.
This was a complete shock to people who are longtime reporters in the Pentagon and national security because for decades the policy has been for Americans, specifically the Coast Guard, to when they see suspected traffickers is to stop the boat, arrest the traffickers, take the drugs and send them on for civilian prosecution. That changed completely on its head when the U.S. started striking these vessels in the open ocean and in the Caribbean. President Trump has long said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is an agitator in the region. He has said that Maduro is overseeing drug trafficking and sending violent gang members into the U.S. And then what happens in September? right is a ton of forces you know relative to their history in the region have come in the pentagon deployed three guided missile destroyers to international waters near venezuela the us has deployed thousands of troops to the region and more are on their way b-52 bombers are flying off the coast of venezuela special operations helicopters were just seen flying 90 miles from venezuela's coast
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What actions has the U.S. taken against drug boats off Venezuela's coast?
0:00–2:04
2
What is the significance of President Trump's military escalation in Venezuela?
2:04–11:18
3
How has U.S. military policy towards Venezuela changed recently?
11:18–22:39
4
What role does the CIA play in the current U.S. strategy in Venezuela?
22:39–25:58