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The U.S. military is considering taking its ongoing sea strikes against Venezuelan drug cartels to land, President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday, a potential escalation of his controversial efforts to curb drug smuggling into the U.S.
Trump floated the idea of land strikes Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Key Facts
The president said “we are certainly looking at land now because we have the sea very well under control.”
At least five U.S. military strikes have been made against cartels off the coast of Venezuela, with the most recent assault killing six people.
Trump claimed the lethal sea strikes have “almost totally stopped” seaborne drug trafficking to the U.S.
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