U.S. SINKS VENEZUELAN DRUG BOATS IN CARIBBEAN; PETRO CRIES ‘MURDER’ AS BORDER CRACKDOWN ESCALATES

President Trump said U.S. military forces conducted a second kinetic strike on a Venezuelan drug boat in international waters, killing three, and indicated a third strike also occurred; the White House released footage. Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro called the action “murder,” while Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro condemned the operations. The move coincided with a State Department determination naming Colombia, Venezuela and others as failing counternarcotics obligations, signaling an escalating border-security and counternarcotics campaign targeting Tren de Aragua-linked routes.