U.S. forces carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
It’s the fourth deadly strike in the Caribbean and the latest since revelations that President Donald Trump told lawmakers he was treating drug traffickers as unlawful combatants and military force was required to combat them.
It’s the fourth deadly strike in the Caribbean and the latest since revelations that President Donald Trump told lawmakers he was treating drug traffickers as unlawful combatants.
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a social media post.
The US military killed four alleged "narco-terrorists" in the latest strike on a boat deemed to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Hegseth...
"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."
The US said it carried out another strike on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people on board. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said "narco-terrorists" were the target.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announces U.S. military strike kills four men aboard narco-trafficking vessel off Venezuela coast in operation ordered by President Donald Trump.
