According to AFP, Venezuelan Defense Minister Padrino Lopez on 19 local time condemned the U.S. launching a “undeclared war” military operation in the Caribbean waters.
“It’s a war that has not been declared, and you’ve seen people ‘executed’ in the Caribbean, whether drug dealers or not,” Lopez said in an interview with the Venezuelan military on a “military threat” exercise.
Earlier, Lopez announced on the 17th that in response to the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Venezuela will now conduct a three-day military exercise on the northern island of Okinawa to raise the state of combat readiness in the Caribbean.
According to the latest news from Agence France-Presse on the 19th, on the same day, Venezuelan Attorney General Tariq William Saab also said in a statement that "the use of missiles and nuclear weapons to kill unarmed fishermen on small boats is a'crime against humanity 'and must be investigated by the United Nations."
Recently, the U.S. deployed several warships in the Caribbean waters near Venezuela in order to "fight the Latin American drug trafficking group." On September 19, local time, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on social media that he had ordered the U.S. military to strike a "drug ship" in international waters, killing three male suspects on board.
In response to the US claim, Venezuelan Interior Minister Cavallo said there was no evidence of the presence of drugs on the ships attacked by the United States.