Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

President Trump said his administration ordered its fifth military strike on a vessel carrying illegal narcotics off the coast of Venezuela.

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

Tuesday's strike is the fifth known US attack on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast, bringing the total death toll to 27.

The U.S. military on Tuesday morning carried out its fifth strike on an alleged drug-running vessel in the Caribbean Sea and killed all six crew members.

The Trinidadians were believed to be on a boat Donald Trump alleged was carrying drugs from Venezuela to the US

There have been at least six incidents of US strikes on boats in Venezuelan waters since the beginning of September.