US EditionTrump administration strikes a seventh alleged drug boat, killing 3, Hegseth says
The U.S. military has killed at least 32 alleged drug traffickers in seven strikes targeting vessels linked to Colombian rebel groups in the Caribbean, escalating regional tensions.
- The U.S. conducted strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats, killing at least 32 people, mostly off Venezuela's coast, since early September.
- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a seventh strike on a boat, which was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics.
- With this strike, the U.S. has killed at least 32 people in operations against drug boats since early September.
- The Trump administration plans to expand military efforts against suspected drug traffickers by establishing a new Joint Task Force led by U.S. Southern Command.
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U.S. Destroys Alleged Colombian Narco Boat
The American military carried out an air strike Friday on a drug boat allegedly affiliated with the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian narco-revolutionary group. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the results of the attack on social media Sunday, adding that the strike killed three men and destroyed the vessel. “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco…
The Al-Qaeda of the West: Pete Hegseth Confirms Lethal U.S. Strike on Caribbean Narco-Vessel
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military conducted what he called a "lethal kinetic strike" on a suspected narco-vessel in the Caribbean Sea that he associated with Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), a Marxist terror organization. The post The Al-Qaeda of the West: Pete Hegseth Confirms Lethal U.S. Strike on Caribbean Narco-Vessel appeared first on Breitbart.
U.S. Strikes Narco-Terror Vessel; Trump Cuts Off Aid to Colombia - Real News Now
The U.S. military struck and destroyed a drug-smuggling vessel tied to the Colombian rebel group ELN, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Sunday, as President Donald Trump simultaneously moved to suspend U.S. aid to Colombia amid mounting frustration over the country’s handling of narcotics production. Hegseth said the Department of War carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in international waters on Friday after intelligence linked it to …
Venezuela: US Strikes Two More Boats in the Southern Caribbean as Colombia’s Petro Decries ‘Oil Greed’ - Venezuelanalysis
Caracas, October 20, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Trump administration conducted new lethal strikes in Caribbean waters as part of a self-declared anti-narcotics mission and military pressure campaign against Venezuela. US special forces bombed a semi-submersible vessel Thursday, killing two of its crew members. The attack left two survivors who were later brought aboard a US warship. The two civilians, from Colombia and Ecuador, were the f…
Colombian Man Targeted In U.S. Strike Has 'Cerebral Trauma' And Is 'Breathing Through a Ventilator'
The Colombian man who survived a recent U.S. strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has "cerebral trauma" and is currently "sedated and breathing through a ventilator;" according to Interior Minister Armando Benedetti
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