"Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the pic.twitter.com/QpNPljFcGn Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 3, 2025"
"Hegseth went on to confirm that the kinetic strike took out the boat in international waters in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility and that no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The attack is the latest in a series of Trump-ordered strikes on boats allegedly smuggling narcotics in the Caribbean Sea, with three last month killing all 17 people on board."
"Just yesterday, The New York Times reported that in a confidential notice to Congress, Trump declared the U.S. was in armed conflict with drug cartels he called terrorist organizations, and that these alleged drug smugglers were unlawful combatants. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!! wrote Hegseth in his Friday announcement. Notably, trafficking drugs is not punishable by death in the U.S.."
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said he directed a lethal strike on a narco-trafficking vessel off Venezuela on President Trump's orders, killing four men aboard. Hegseth said intelligence confirmed the vessel carried narcotics, those onboard were narco-terrorists, and the boat used a known trafficking transit route. He said the strike occurred in international waters in the U.S. Southern Command area and caused no U.S. casualties. The attack follows prior Trump-ordered Caribbean strikes that killed 17 people. A confidential notice to Congress reportedly declared the U.S. in armed conflict with drug cartels and labeled smugglers unlawful combatants. Trafficking drugs is not punishable by death under U.S. law.
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