Trump warns that he will begin “very soon” to “detain” alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers by land

“You’ve probably noticed that people They no longer want to deliver (drugs) by sea, and we will begin to stop them on the ground. Besides, on land it is easier, but that’s going to start very soon. “We warned them to stop sending poison into our country,” Trump said.

The Republican president has not detailed what the ground actions would consist of.

In a Thanksgiving call with the military, Trump has expressed pride in the attacks carried out since September 1 against at least 20 alleged drug boats sailing in the waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, mostly from Venezuela.

American forces They have killed more than 80 people by bombing these vessels.

However, The US head of state continues to justify these bombings by ensuring that Venezuela’s alleged drug traffickers “are sending their poison to the United States, where they kill thousands of people a year.”

“But we are going to take care of the situation. We have almost stopped it. We have already stopped 85% (of the flow) by sea,” he indicated this Friday.

These statements come in the midst of growing tension between Venezuela and the United States, which since November 16 deployed the USS Gerald R. Ford, its largest aircraft carrier, in the Caribbean.

This past Monday, he declared the Cartel de los Soles organization as terrorist, which he links to the Venezuelan ruler, Nicolás Maduro, making it a legitimate target against which to launch military operations.

Even so, Trump has insisted on several occasions that his intention is not to bomb infrastructure in Venezuela or attack Maduro, at least for the moment, with whom “he could talk to save many lives,” as he expressed on Tuesday.