Caribbean Island 7 Miles from Venezuela Praises U.S. Attack Against Cartel Vessel: 'Should Be Violently Eliminated'

The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago praised the U.S.'s attack against a cartel vessel off the coast of Venezuela, saying all drug-traffickers should be "violently eliminated."

Concretely, Kamla Persad-Bissessar said in a statement that the "massacring of our people has been fed by evil cartel traffickers." "I feel no compassion for them, the U.S. Army should have them all violently eliminated."

"Illegal drug and arms trafficking has caused death and destruction in our society for the past 25 years," Persad-Bissessar added, noting that the "restriction of illegal arms, drugs and human trafficking will reduce violence" in the country and the region.

"God bless and protect the U.S. Army members taking part in the mission. Your efforts will save many lives in our country and the region," she added.

Persad-Bissessar had already said she approved the deployment of U.S. assets to the region, saying she would allow American forces to use its territory if president Nicolás Maduro were to attack neighboring Guyana, with which it currently has a heated territorial dispute.

"I want to make it very clear that if the Maduro regime launches any attack against the Guyanese people or invades Guyanese territory and a request is made by the American government for access to Trinidadian territory to defend the people of Guyana, my government will unflinchingly provide them that access," she said in late August.

As for the attack, U.S. President Donald Trump said at the Oval Office on Tuesday that U.S. forces "shot out a drug-carrying boat" coming from Venezuela as part of the deployment of troops and warships. "We just literally shot out a drug-carrying boat." "There were a lot of drugs on that boat. There's more where that came from," the president added. "They came from Venezuela."

Later he said on social media post that the attack "resulted in 11 terrorists killed." "No U.S. soldiers were hurt. Let this be a warning to anyone even considering sending drugs into the United States. Beware," he added.