US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering launching military strikes on Venezuela, according to new reporting from independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.

Military sources on Tuesday told Klippenstein that the Trump administration is mulling an attack against Venezuela unless it cracks down on drug cartels that it claims are shipping fentanyl into the United States.

Contrary to the administration’s claims, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies, Venezuela plays virtually no role in fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking.

Klippenstein’s sources said the attack was likely to involve “shooting down Venezuelan military aircraft or by bombing Venezuelan military airfield,” and that the US Air Force has been rehearsing for such a mission in recent weeks.