Related videos:
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, asserted this Wednesday that the bombings against "terrorist cartels" are not limited solely to Venezuela and that there are other countries involved in the military operations that his government is conducting in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
According to a report by the agency EFE, the president made these statements during his speech at the America Business Forum (ABF) in Miami, where he emphasized that the attacks are aimed at criminal structures linked to the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
"We are dismantling terrorist cartels and taking them down, linked to the Maduro regime in Venezuela and others. Look, it's not just Venezuela, but a lot of things are coming," stated the U.S. president.
Trump defended the bombings, which according to official figures have resulted in the death of at least 66 people on around 20 vessels since September 1, by arguing that each operation prevents large quantities of drugs from entering the country.
For every vessel bombed, 25,000 Americans are saved,” the president asserted while justifying the actions of Southern Command.
The statements come as their government assesses possible attacks on military targets within Venezuela.
At the same time, NBC, quoted by EFE, reported that the administration of Trump is considering similar actions against Mexican cartels.
During his speech, the president emphasized that his policy aims to “free cities from violent crime” and strengthen national security.
"Venezuela emptied its prisons into our country. Nobody wants that. We are making our country safe and beautiful again," he stated.
Trump also noted that his administration has intensified the deportations of MS-13 gang members and members of the Venezuelan group Tren de Aragua, whom he described as "dangerous criminals."
"These are bad people. We are getting them out of the country, back to where they came from. We renamed the Department of Defense as the Department of War," he added.
Before the president's speech, the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2025, María Corina Machado, publicly supported Trump's strategy.
In a virtual message, he stated that "Maduro started this war and President Trump is ending it," and described the Chavista leader as "the head of a narcoterrorist structure that attacks the Venezuelan people."
Filed under: