The administration has not provided a legal authority or justification for the attack Tuesday that killed 11 people.

The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration’s growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro.

The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration’s growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.

The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration’s growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.

Trump administration officials said the military strike targeted a boat that departed Venezuela and was operated by “designated narco-terrorist organization.”