Speaking at a news conference afterwards with Ecuador's foreign minister, Rubio described the designations as part of a war US President Donald Trump has begun to wage against Latin American cartels. Frankly, it's a war. It's a war on killers. It's a war on terror, Rubio said. The targets of the new US terrorism designations were two Ecuador-based gangs, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, both of which have been involved in the illicit drug trade.
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States military conducted a kinetic strike on a small boat he accused of smuggling drugs out of Venezuela for the Tren de Aragua gang. In a Tuesday post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump shared black-and-white aerial footage of the bombing, which reportedly killed 11 people. list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3list 2 of 3list 3 of 3end of list The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action.