Trump: We will launch land strikes against Venezuela soon

CARACAS, Dec. 13 (YPA) – US President Donald Trump said  early this Saturday morning  the US would  launch strikes against several individuals in Venezuela.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said: “It’s not only land strikes on Venezuela, it’s land strikes on horrible people that are bringing in drugs and killing our people you know If we were at war and we lost 200–300 thousand… that’s a war.”

He refused to answer a question regarding whether his administration plans to seize more Venezuelan oil assets, saying: “It wouldn’t be very smart for me to tell you that.”

Trump claimed that the military campaign had stopped drug smuggling by sea by 96%, and stated that ground operations would begin soon.

Since the beginning of last September, US forces have carried out strikes against more than 20 vessels on suspicion of involvement in drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific, resulting in the deaths of more than 80 people.

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