U.S. President Donald Trump said on September 19 that the U.S. military once again hit ¡°drug ships¡± in international waters and killed ¡°three male drug terrorists¡±.Venezuela on the same day accused the United States in the Caribbean waters of ¡°no declaration of war¡±.Colombia said that the ¡°excessive¡± U.S. military presence undermined regional stability.

The US opened fire again.

Trump tweeted on the social media platform "Real Social" on the 19th that according to his order, the U.S. military in the Southern Command area of responsibility carried out a strike on a "drug ship affiliated with designated terrorist groups", killing "three male drug terrorists on board, no U.S. military personnel injured in this operation."

He said: "Intelligence confirmed that this ship was transporting illegal narcotics and sailing along a known drug trafficking channel with the aim of poisoning Americans."

Trump also released related videos showing a ship sailing through the waters quickly before being hit by two missiles and sank in a violent explosion. He did not specify the origin point of the ship, nor did he specify the specific time and place of the strike.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Southern Command¡¯s area of responsibility covers South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

According to Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Defense has forwarded the question of the attack to the White House, and the White House has not yet responded to the source of the ship.

This is at least the third time this month that the US military has cracked down on suspected "drug ships".

Trump has repeatedly said recently that the US military is cracking down on "drug ships" in international waters. On the 2nd of this month, he said on social media that the U.S. military opened fire on ships "transporting illegal narcotics to the United States" in international waters located in the area of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, killing 11 members of the "confirmed" Venezuelan gang "Aragua Train". The Venezuelan government denies this. Trump also said on the 15th that he ordered the U.S. military to attack a "drug ship" allegedly from Venezuela in international waters that day, and three men on board died on the spot. The next day, he said that the United States had "sunk" a total of three Venezuelan ships.

The Associated Press reported that a number of * Party members and some Republican senators and human rights organizations questioned the legality of Trump's move. They believe that this may be an ultra vires act of executive power, partly because Trump used the military to carry out law enforcement tasks.

¡°Fighting without declaration.¡±

On the 19th, Venezuela accused the United States of "undeclared war" in the Caribbean waters and called on the United Nations to investigate the attack on "drug ships" by the United States in recent weeks.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said: ¡°This is an undeclared war ... whether drug traffickers are ¡®executed¡¯ in the Caribbean, without the right to defend themselves.¡±

Commission Attorney-General Tarik William Saab said: ¡°The use of missiles and nuclear weapons to kill small boat fishermen without a command is a crime against humanity and must be investigated by the United Nations.¡±

Recently, the United States deployed a number of warships in the Caribbean waters near Venezuela on the grounds of "cracking down on Latin American drug trafficking cartels", and the relationship between the two countries continued to be tense.

Colombian Deputy Foreign Secretary Rosa Bielia Vicencio said on Monday that the U.S. ¡°excessive military presence near Venezuela is unreasonable¡± and the threat of military intervention is disturbing the entire region, ¡°not related to fighting drug trafficking.¡±

Agence France-Presse said that Villavicencio's remarks echoed people's concerns that the United States might plan to attack Venezuela or even overthrow Venezuelan President Maduro.

The U.S. and Colombia¡¯s relations have also been tightened in recent years. Trump said on Friday that the production of cocaine in Colombia has not rebounded during the presidency of former president Petro, ¡°Colombia has clearly failed to fulfill its drug-fighting obligations.¡± Colombia announced the following day that it will no longer buy weapons from the United States. Interior Minister Amando Benedetti said on Friday in an interview with local media that Petro has been unwilling to yield to the United States on immigration, customs and other issues since he became president, causing U.S. dissatisfaction.