US President Donald Trump said the recent US attacks on ships carrying suspected Venezuelan drug dealers gave a stern warning to anyone wishing to smuggle drugs into the United States.
"To any killer terrorists who smuggle toxic drugs into the United States, please be careful that we will destroy you," Trump said in a speech at the United Nations (UN).
Trump insists that without evidence every ship attacked by US troops contained drugs that could kill more than 25,000 Americans.
He also repeated his statement by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro leading the drug trafficking network, which Maduro denies.
Reuters reported on Saturday that Maduro had offered to engage in direct negotiations with the Trump administration through special envoy Richard Grenell days after the US's first attack on a ship from the South American country, which killed 11 people.
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In his letter to Trump, Maduro rejected US claims accusing Venezuela of playing a major role in drug trafficking.
Maduro said only 5% of the drugs produced in Colombia were shipped via Venezuela - which according to him 70% of which had been neutralized and culled by Venezuelan authorities.
On Friday last week, Trump announced at least a third attack on suspected drug ships from Venezuela amid a large buildup of the US military in the southern Caribbean that includes seven warships, nuclear-powered submarines, and F-35 stealth fighters.
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