US EditionTrump administration strikes a seventh alleged drug boat, killing 3, Hegseth says
- On Friday, the United States military carried out a fourth strike on a small boat in international waters of the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, the Pentagon announced.
- A memo obtained by The Associated Press said the US is in an 'armed conflict' with drug cartels, following President Donald Trump declaring them unlawful combatants and signaling expanded military steps including a Joint Task Force led by U.S. Southern Command.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted that video from the White House shows a fast boat exploding, confirming three men aboard were killed and the vessel linked to Ejército de Liberación Nacional.
- Human rights groups and U.S. lawmakers demanded transparency, while Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the strikes and raised sovereignty concerns.
- The operation forms part of a series that marks at least the fifth U.S. military strike in recent weeks and follows a military buildup with eight warships and over 5,000 sailors and Marines.
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Hegseth Announces 7th US Bombing of Boat in the Caribbean - News From Antiwar.com
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Sunday that the US military bombed another boat in the Caribbean and killed three "terrorists," marking the seventh known US strike on a vessel in the region since the bombing campaign began on September 2. As usual, Hegseth claimed the vessel was…
UPDATE 4-US says it hit Colombian rebel vessel as Trump calls Petro ‘illegal drug leader’
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UpstractUS bombs another drug-smuggling ship, killing three Colombian terrorists: Hegseth
The US killed three Colombian "narco-terrorists'' in another airstrike on a boat involved in drug smuggling, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth revealed Sunday.
The United States government announced this Sunday that it killed three alleged drug traffickers linked to the Colombian guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), during an attack on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea. This would be the seventh…
US Strikes Another Colombian Drug-Running Boat, This Time A Rebel Vessel
The United States announced Sunday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist rebel vessel in an apparent expansion of a US military operation off the coasts of South America.
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