Trump says US will ‘very soon’ begin stopping suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers by land

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PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -The United States will “very soon” start taking action to stop suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers on land, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

“You probably noticed that people aren’t wanting to be delivering by sea, and we’ll be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon,” Trump said, speaking virtually with U.S. military service members.

“We warned them stop sending poison to our country,” he added.

The Venezuelan communications ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Ismail Shakil; editing by Diane Craft)