‘Military strikes will happen again’: Rubio justifies deadly US strike on Venezuela-linked drug vessel

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Mexico City, warned that US military strikes on alleged drug traffickers will ‘happen again,’ brushing aside concerns over legality and Latin American sovereignty. His comments followed President Trump’s claim that a suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel was blown up in the Caribbean, killing all 11 aboard. Rubio defended the strike as a new phase in the ‘war on drugs,’ calling smugglers an immediate threat to the United States.