US EditionAnother US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the U.S. military conducted a strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs, killing 6 people as part of the campaign against drug cartels.
- Citing cartel activity, the administration argues the strikes target vessels operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, with Hegseth noting attacks continue in the Caribbean Sea.
- A 20-second black-and-white video posted to social media shows a small boat motionless before a long thin projectile hits, causing an explosion; the clip ends before the boat's remains appear.
- Lawmakers from both parties warned that President Donald Trump ordered strikes without Congress authorization, while two strikes this week expanded military operations to the eastern Pacific.
- The pace of the strikes has accelerated from one every few weeks in September to three in one week, and the military flew a pair of supersonic heavy bombers near Venezuela amid a military buildup involving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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New U.S. strike kills 6 alleged narco-terrorists in Caribbean
U.S. forces have carried out a new strike that destroyed a vessel allegedly operated by the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, killing six people, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The operation was authorized by President Donald Trump and marks the first nighttime strike in the administration’s widening campaign against drug cartels, Hegseth said. Hegseth added that the vessel was traveling along a known narcotics-smuggling rou…
Donald Trump's government is once again attacking an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Shortly thereafter, Hegseth is transferring an aircraft carrier to the region.
By CNN Español The United States government announced this Friday a new attack against a vessel in international waters in the Caribbean, the tenth since September 2, the day the offensives began. The US argued that these vessels were transporting narcotics, without providing evidence to support these claims. So far, 43 people have died in these attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific, which have been carried out without judicial proceedings or…
Trump declares ‘we’re just going to kill people’ as Hegseth blows up ‘drug boat’
Donald Trump declared “we’re just going to kill people” the day before Pete Hegseth announced six more “narco-terrorists” died in a strike on another “drug boat”. The Defense Secretary shared a video on Friday (24 October) of the strike in the Carribean Sea, against a group Mr Hegseth identified as the Tren de Aragua criminal organization. Forty people have now been killed in a series of strikes the Trump administration has carried out against a…
Secretary of War Announces First Night-Time Kinetic Strike Against Narco-Terrorist Smugglers in Caribbean Sea
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first nighttime military strike was conducted in international waters against a narco-terrorist smuggling vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth released video of the attack that killed six Tren de Aragua drug smugglers in the overnight strike announced Friday. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
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