The US military carried out a strike against a drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), escalating tensions with that country’s authoritarian government just days after the Pentagon deployed warships to the Caribbean to stop the flow of cocaine.

This story has been updated to include additional information and video of the strike. THE PENTAGON – U.S. forces performed a “precision strike” on a suspected transnational drug boat that killed the 11 people aboard,

President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Tuesday that he ordered U.S. military forces to strike an alleged drug boat

The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug boat from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the country.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic chased a suspicious speedboat for more than 12 hours before seizing over 1.5 tons of suspected cocaine in one of the country’s largest-ever maritime drug busts.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With 76,140 pounds of narcotics collected, the U.S. Coast Guard recovered the largest amount of drugs in its history. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton's crew offloaded the drugs Monday in Port Everglades, with roughly 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana collected.