President Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he has authorized the CIA to enter Venezuela and conduct covert operations.
Asked by CBB News Senior White House in Repealing Ed O’keefe, the President said he has two reasons, “they allowed thousands of prisoners” and “other countries deliberately send evidence to prisons and mental institutions on the southern border.
He also mentioned “drugs coming to Venezuela.”
“A lot of Venezuela’s drugs come in from the sea. You get to see that,” he told reporters at the White House in reference to his military airstrikes targeting suspected Venezuelans. “But we’ll be blocking them with land, too.”
The New York Times first reported on the President’s approval of the CIA in Venezuela. The Trump Administration’s top officials have accused Venezuelan leader Maduro of controlling the tren de aragua cartel, which Maduro denies, and the justice department has offered a reward for information leading to his capture. In August, the department doubled its traffic $50 million.
Asked Wednesday if the CIA had the authority to target Maduro, Mr. Trump said it would be “a funny question for me to answer,” but “I think Venezuela feels what he said.”
The government of Venezuela condemned the “heat of Mr. Trump” in captivity “in a statement in the statement, and accused us of seeking “regime change” in Venezuela.
On Tuesday, the President said that the US had attacked another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people. It was the fifth time Such a strike in the Caribbeanwhen the Trump administration asserted its authority to treat drug dealers accused of being illegal wars which can be attacked by military forces. At least 27 people were killed in the five strikes, according to figures released by the administration.
Mr Trump also sent eight warships, submarines and fighter jets to the region as part of what he says is a fight against drug trafficking in the United States.
CBS News has also learned that there are approximately 10,000 American troops stationed in the Caribbean either on ships or in Puerto Rico.
After the recent US strike, The masses On Wednesday it ordered the largest Shantytown military exercise in the country.
Strikes on cables suspected of boats being pulled back from law enforcement on both sides. Critics say Congress did not authorize military action against drug traffickers, and they argue the Trump administration has not provided enough evidence about how they managed the boats and how they handled the narcotics.
Asked by O’EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE about those concerns, Mr. Trump said that law enforcement officials “were given information about who had drugs, and that’s an important thing.” He revealed that “fentanyl dust” was found on the boats after the strikes.
“When they’re loaded with drugs, they’re good sport, and all these ships were,” the President said.
