Trump confirms CIA has been authorized to conduct operations in Venezuela
According to China Central Television news, on the 15th local time, US President Trump stated that the US will consider conducting land operations to carry out ground strikes against drug cartels, and confirmed that the CIA has been authorized to conduct operations in Venezuela.
Previously, media reports stated that the US government had secretly authorized the CIA to conduct secret operations in Venezuela. This new authorization allows the CIA to carry out lethal secret operations alone or in conjunction with the US military, and the US military is also preparing for potential attacks within Venezuela.
At the beginning of this month, the Trump administration submitted a memorandum to Congress, stating that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict with drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations by the US. The memorandum did not specify which drug cartels were involved, nor did it explain how individuals were identified as members of the drug cartels. Several Democratic members of the US Congress have accused the Trump administration of abusing power by using the military to strike drug cartels, and have not provided "any credible legal basis, evidence, or intelligence."
Venezuelan President Maduro has repeatedly accused the US of attempting to overthrow the government in Venezuela through military threats and to expand militarily in Latin America.
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