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Washington — President Trump said the U.S. "knocked out" a "big facility" past week linked to alleged cause vessel operations, though helium didn't connection much details.
In a radio interview Friday, the president said the U.S. deed the installation "very hard" 2 nights before. The president didn't connection the determination of the facility, but helium has been threatening onshore strikes successful Venezuela pursuing a drawstring of U.S. subject strikes connected alleged cause boats successful the Caribbean and eastbound Pacific.
"We conscionable knocked out, I don't cognize if you work oregon you saw, they person a large works oregon a large installation wherever they send, wherever the ships travel from," Mr. Trump said aft calling into "Sid and Friends successful the Morning" connected 77 WABC Friday. "Two nights ago, we knocked that out, truthful we deed them precise hard."
The The New York Times reported that president was referring to a cause installation successful Venezuela.
The Pentagon referred questions to the White House. The White House has yet to respond to CBS News' petition for comment.
Since September, the U.S. subject has targeted much than 2 twelve boats the medication alleged were ferrying drugs, sidesplitting astatine slightest 105 radical in the strikes.
The Trump medication has accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of cause trafficking and moving with gangs designated by the U.S. arsenic violent organizations — which Maduro denies. The U.S. has built up a heightened subject beingness successful the portion and precocious seized 2 sanctioned lipid tankers disconnected Venezuela's coast.
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