b'Strikes by U.S. Marines on a drug-cartel-operated vessel o of Venezuela signaled that the Trump administration is taking a hard new approach when it comes to countering the international drug trade.While the U.S. military has long worked to counter cartel and international gang organizations beginning in the late 1980s, the strike that killed 11 members of Tren de Araguawhich the Trump administration designated as a terrorist organization in Februarymarked a denite shift from previous seize and apprehend operations.44'