U.S. Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Venezuelan-American caucus slam Trump administration’s actions in the Caribbean
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and members of South Florida s Venezuelan-American neighborhood expressed their frustration with the Trump administration s current escalation in the Caribbean Speaking in Sunrise on Thursday the congresswoman announced the string of decisions to bomb alleged drug-carrying boats out of the ocean is a mistake Extrajudicial murder of Venezuelans is what Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro does it s not what America should do commented Wasserman Schultz Members of the Venezuelan-American caucus commented the bombings remind them of what happened back home decades ago I can not believe I am experiencing something that I already experienced in Venezuela all over again in the United States announced Adelys Ferro co-founder of the Venezuelan American Caucus The attacks on the boats in the Caribbean began in September and have taken place as just now as Wednesday The Pentagon revealed it targeted another alleged drug boat in the Pacific Ocean Since the attacks started the U S military has killed people all alleged to be drug traffickers by the administration In recent days the Pentagon surged even more firepower to the region sending the U S S Gerald Ford and its strike group All this escalation members in the Venezuelan American caucus say is the wrong way to go about things What he is doing in various options sadly is very similar to what we know what we have experienced back in Venezuela and that similarity doesn t have to do with any political way of thinking commented Ferro In a sign of further escalation President Donald Trump has declared he s exploring land strikes in Venezuela Those drug ships aren t coming in anymore We can t find a ship There are no ships coming in with drugs Trump reported in Asia Trump has declared the people on the boats to be terrorists and his administration has stated that the U S is in an armed conflict but he has publicly provided no evidence of their alleged crimes or even identified them This is an operation against narcoterrorists as the Department of War characterizes them the Al-Qaida of the Western Hemisphere These are well-funded dangerous violent drug cartels that operate as terrorists who are flooding our country with drugs reported Secretary of State Marco Rubio Trump indicates the alleged drug trafficking is being orchestrated by Venezuela s Maduro and says he has authorized covert CIA missions inside that country Critics from the South Florida Venezuelan neighborhood declared on Thursday they wish Congress had more of a say in all this They don t want to talk to Congress they don t want to do the right thing They are not even taking into consideration the rule of law announced Ferro Republicans however say they don t see an issue He plans to brief members of Congress when he gets back from Asia about future anticipated military operations against Venezuela and Colombia So there will be a congressional briefing about a foreseen expansion from the sea to the land I backing that idea But I think he has all the authority he requirements stated South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham House Democrats criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for pulling the Pentagon lawyers set to brief them on the U S boat strikes against alleged drug traffickers at the last minute They mentioned they left fully unsatisfied with the information that was shared
