New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- A US strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela killed six suspected drug traffickers on Tuesday (October 14), President Donald Trump announced, marking the latest in a series of military actions in the region.

"Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO)," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He said the strike targeted a boat "conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility - just off the Coast of Venezuela."

Trump said intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics and linked to "illicit narcoterrorist networks."

"The strike was conducted...