The United States military has announced the destruction of two more alleged drug boats in an attack that left five people dead, marking the second such attack in just two days as part of its campaign to combat drug trafficking in waters near Colombia and Venezuela and to pressure the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro.

The attack was carried out on Wednesday, December 31, according to a statement from the US Southern Command that did not specify the geographic area where the bombing took place.

The statement simply said that the attack was carried out “against two vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations” and that US intelligence “confirmed that the vessels were traveling on known drug trafficking routes and were involved in drug trafficking activities.”

“A total of five narco-terrorists were killed during these actions: three in the “One boat and two in the second,” concludes the text, which is accompanied, as usual, by video footage of the The footage, just 21 seconds long, shows the bombing of both boats. The announcement comes just hours after the Southern Command, which is leading Operation Southern Spear, reported that it had destroyed three other boats on December 30 and killed at least two of its occupants. As with the operation carried out on December 31, the US Armed Forces did not explain whether the attack took place in the southern Caribbean or the eastern Pacific, the two theaters where Washington has already summarily destroyed almost 40 suspected drugs. boats and killed nearly 110 people since last September. summer, the Pentagon has maintained an unprecedented military deployment in the southern Caribbean, the largest in decades, while Washington has been warning that its objective is to prevent Maduro and his regime from continuing their activities. lieutenants, whom he accuses of leading a narco-state, should relinquish power.

Meanwhile, The Trump administration has begun arguing in recent weeks that the Chavista regime has stolen the facilities and assets of US oil companies in Venezuela and has announced it will confiscate tankers transporting Venezuelan crude, something it has already done twice.Adding to this is the attack, enigmatically announced by Trump this week, on a dock on the Venezuelan coast allegedly used by the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, which would represent the first bombing of a target on Venezuelan territory by Washington. EFE