So... why not follow the boat to the mothership? And then capture the mothership. Then wait for all the little boats to come in for refueling? You wouldn't even have to work hard at it, they're literally coming to you.
Or follow them to the "refeuling" island? That would be even easier. The island can't move.
But that's silly, right? Why do it the easy way when we can lob expensive missiles at tiny boats?
Do you know where Venezuela is on a map? Have you looked? Go look, then see how far they have to go to get to Florida or Texas. Then look for those islands you think are there.
Once you find nothing but open ocean, I want you to spend some time thinking about the logistics of smuggling drugs on tiny boats over that distance. How many tiny boats would it take to be able to supply the US demand? It would be a highway of boats going too and from the US.
And according to your boy, Trump, the smugglers are actually part of the Venezuelan government. Why would they need to take tiny boats out of the country? They could just take one big ship with some legal cargo and illegal cargo with paperwork from their government to give them legal cover.
Again, go look at a map, then think about why you would use tiny boats to smuggle stuff out of a country you controlled. Then cross the open ocean in the Gulf of Mexico for days in one direction.
Honestly, it would probably be faster if they made a floating bridge with all the tiny boats and did a bucket brigade thing but with small boxes of drugs and hand them across the gulf.
Oh, and as to your last point of: "They dont have to divulge their intelligence assets to you to justify it."
Yes, they actually do. That's why the DEA, FBI, and Coast Guard take pictures of the stuff they seize from the boats. It's evidence for the trial.
I know you hate due process for brown people, but it's still a requirement of the Constitution.
Without that it's just murder.