Trump, Venezuela and drug trafficking
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Hegseth defends strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean
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President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace “in its entirety” amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning.
The operation targeted an apartment complex where a Benton Harbor man was allegedly maintaining a drug house and trafficking narcotics.
U.S. pressure on Venezuela could give Trump leverage over its oil, with broad economic and geopolitical effects.