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Yesterday: Venezuela says US navy raided a tuna boat in the Caribbean as tensions rise (apnews.com)

submitted 1 day ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46100138

Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tensions between the two nations escalated after U.S. President Donald Trump in August ordered the deployment of warships in the Caribbean, off the coast of the South American country, citing the fight against Latin American drug cartels.

While reading a statement on Saturday, Foreign Minister Yván Gil told journalists the Venezuelan tuna boat was “illegally and hostilely boarded by a United States Navy destroyer” and 18 armed personnel who remained on the vessel for eight hours, preventing communication and the fishermen’s normal activities. They were then released under escort by the Venezuelan navy.

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[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Old Man and the Epstein Files

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Timbah, his eyes open.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Trump, his mushroom flacid

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Love it when tensions escalate on their own, between two nations who are both equally involved.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Looks like some orange paedo is looking to start a war to distract everyone away from releasing those files about him raping all those children.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Tensions between the two nations escalated after U.S. President Donald Trump

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

Sounds fishy.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tuna, fentanyl, same thing really. Damn immigrants are bringing it over the border by the ton.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I would say more power to them, because it’s delicious, but it’s already so overfished!

[–] Darkonion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Ok, but when they do the movie can we get Matt Damon to reprise his character from the Green Zone who transferred to the navy in disgust after the events of that movie, and he gets to say lines like "I'm so sick of this shit", looking straight at the camera, while boarding fishing boats looking for drugs from 'sure thing' intel?

I didn't watch the end of that one, but I assume he lived to the end??

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Would be nice if they'd also raid US tuna boats.