Venezuela accuses us of taking the fishing boat in the Caribbean in the middle of a confrontation

Venezuela was launched on Saturday in the United States for allegedly taking a fishing boat for eight hours in its exclusive economic zone, while the United States Army patrol the Caribbean Drug posters target.

The ship that transported nine fishermen was arrested “illegally and hostly” on Friday by the USS Jasson Dunham, a destroyer, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Caracas in a statement.

The ministry said the boat was manned by tuna fishermen, which sailed 48 nautical miles northeast of the island of the Blanquilla, which belongs to Venezuela.

“The war ship deployed 18 armed agents who approached and occupied the small and harmless boat for eight hours,” the statement said, describing the incident a “direct provocation through the illegal use of excessive military media.”

Those who ordered the seizure “are looking for an incident to justify the growing war in the Caribbean, with the objective of the regime change” in Caracas, according to the statement.

He demanded that the United States “immediately cease these actions that endanger security and peace in the Caribbean.”

The statement addressed the American people, saying that the Venezuelan government wants them, “recognize the seriousness of these maneuvers and reject the use of their soldiers as sacrifice pieces to maintain the wishes of a greedy and predatory elite.”

The tensions between the two countries have shot themselves in recent weeks after Washington deployed warships in the southern of the Caribbean, as President Trump takes a step pressure It’s mature.

The United States accuses the leftist leader of heading a cocaine traffic poster and recently doubled his generosity for his capture at $ 50 million.

Earlier this month, US forces exploited a alleged drug boat In the Caribbean, killing 11 people. Trump said he belonged to the Aragua Train, a Venezuelan criminal organization that tied Maduro.

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