Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts defended ongoing U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing alleged ties between narcotraffickers and Venezuela's armed forces.
"The cartels are backed by the Venezuelan Navy and pose a threat to the United States," Ricketts told NTN24, adding that President Donald Trump "is doing the right thing" by ordering the destruction of boats transporting drugs that "kill thousands of people in the United States every year."
