US President Donald Trump claimed that the US military attack in the Caribbean targeted Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and killed 11, in a post on Truth Social in which he shared a video of the incident.

The president posted on Truth Social that"this morning, following my orders, the US Military Forces carried out a kinetic attack against narcoterrorists of the Aragua Train."

He added that they were "positively identified in the Southern Command area of responsibility." He detailed that the Aragua Train "is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization operating under the control of Nicolás Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terrorism in the United States and the Western Hemisphere."

He stated that "the attack occurred while the terrorists were in international waters transporting illegal narcotics bound for the United States. The attack resulted in the deaths of 11 terrorists in action. No members of the U.S. Armed Forces were injured. Please let this serve as a warning to anyone considering importing drugs into the United States."

Earlier, Trump announced that the United States had carried out an attack in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel departing from Venezuela. The president offered few details about the operation at the time.

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“When you leave the room, you’ll see that, literally, in the last few minutes, we just shot at a ship, a drug ship,” Trump told reporters during an unrelated event in the Oval Office. He added that there were “a lot of drugs” on the vessel.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media that the vessel was being operated by a"designated narco-terrorist organization." He described the operation as a lethal attack.