You are likely correct, but that does pretend to force a response that is sufficiently public in his opinion. It does cause one to wonder what purpose that serves. I'm not comfortable with a government capable of wielding that kind of surveillance when the real problem with the smuggling of these drugs is the size of the customer base.
Never trust anyone in charge of the givernment no matter the party. At some point Trump will have to speak to the political issue of using the military here with some level of proof without compromising his military actions. This is not a law enforcement action requiring the rules of evidence, probable cause, a judge ... a POTUS office comes with immense powers when it comes to the use of the military. It seems Rand Paul has a bug up his @ss right now about Trump.
One other observation - I notice Venezuela givernment is not publishing the names of the deceased who inniocently went out on the family boat for a day of fun and fun before they were taken out .... for a reason.