Venezuela's president accuses the US of “odious crime”: the United States tries to challenge Venezuela at “a major war”
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, qualified as “An odious crime” The American attack on September 2 on a boat that Washington claims to carry drugs. According to the leader from Caracas, the attack, resulting in 11 dead, violated the international and US laws.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Profimedia
“It was a military attack against civilians who were not in the war and did not represent a military threat to any country”, said Maduro, accusing the United States of trying to provoke Venezuela to “A major war” for “Changing the regime for oil”, The New York Times reports.
Shortly after his statements, US President Donald Trump announced on social networks that the US Army made a new attack on international waters against “extremely violent drug and narcotorist trafficking.” coming from Venezuela. He said that three people were killed and justified the operation by threatening the drugs for the national security of the United States.
The tensions between Washington and Caracas have escalated in recent weeks, after the US sent war vessels and bands in the end of August, invoking the fight against drug trafficking. “Warning – if you carry drugs that can kill Americans, we hunt you!”, Trump wrote on the SA TRUTH Social platform.
The White House said that the order for the first shot was issued “in accordance with the laws of armed conflicts” to protect the United States from “Narcoterorists” and “poison” brought to the shore.
According to the American press, the ship attacked on September 2 would have tried to change its route after being observed by a military plane, and the Venezuela government questioned the authenticity of the images with the bombing. UN and US agencies data show that most Latin American cocaine comes from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, and Venezuela plays a reduced role in cocaine trafficking and almost non -existent in fentanel.
Many legal experts, including former military lawyers, criticized the use of lethal force against drug trafficking as a dangerous precedent, as the US Congress has not declared war on cartels, and drug trafficking is not punished with death in the United States.
