US kills six off Venezuela

by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Spurrett

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

"The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people...It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean"

again, merely political consequences for wanton murder aren't enough.

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US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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The New York Times

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Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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by David Rothschild Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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David Rothschild

@davmicrot.bsky.social

If Trump can order the murder of people on boats without any accountability, he can order the murder of people on land without any accountability.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Victor Asal

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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Senator Ed Markey

@markey.senate.gov

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff

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#WolffBites: Executing people without trial, jury, judge or lawyers for an alleged drug-trafficking crime (NOT punished by execution in the US for a long time). Were the dead Venezuelans? Others? Does it matter? Did anyone check? Will US citizens be next?

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US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

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Timothy McBride

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U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

"The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Ernesto Castañeda

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"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 87,000 overdose deaths for the year ending in September 2024, an almost 27 percent decline from the previous year."

"U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new [unlwaful] strike off Venezuela"
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Nicholas Slayton

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Trump and Hegseth announce a fourth strike on boats in the Caribbean. Claim 6 were killed. If the White House's figures are accurate, that brings the total killed to 27. With no evidence presented by the US proving they're drug traffickers. x.com/PeteHegseth/...

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Brian Finucane

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Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.

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David Ryan Miller

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Extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean in our name, with our tax dollars.

The US Navy could easily interdict these vessels and seize persons/goods.

That Trump II is instead playing judge, jury, and executioner from the sky despite any imminent threat is antithetical to a democratic republic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

@jayapal.house.gov

This is the FIFTH time Trump has carried out an illegal bombing in the Caribbean.

Using the military to execute alleged criminals with no due process or input from Congress is brazenly unconstitutional and damaging to our democracy.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Grant W. Turner

@grantwturner.bsky.social

Civilians until proven otherwise. Even then, probably illegal, and definitely counterproductive.

Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 21h

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

US kills 6 in another strike on alleged drug boat, Trump says

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

www.scrippsnews.com

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Red Jurídica | Abogacía

@redjuridica.bsky.social

Trump anuncia que Estados Unidos llevó a cabo otra ejecución extrajudicial al hundir otro barco con seis presuntos «narcoterroristas» en el Caribe.

efe.com/mundo/2025-1...

Trump anuncia que Estados Unidos hundió otro barco con seis "narcoterroristas" en el Caribe - EFE

Donald Trump informó que el Ejército de Estados Unidos realizó otro "ataque cinético letal" contra un barco en el Caribe, cerca de las costas de Venezuela, y confirmó la muerte de "seis narcoterrorist...

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Scripps News

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The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

US kills 6 in another strike on alleged drug boat, Trump says

The U.S. military has fatally struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

www.scrippsnews.com

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