US EditionUS Military Strikes Another Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Four
The U.S. military has killed 21 people in four strikes targeting drug trafficking vessels since September, following the designation of cartels as unlawful combatants.
- U.S. military forces struck a suspected drug boat off Venezuela, killing four people, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- This marks the fourth U.S. strike against narcotics-related boats in the Caribbean since September 2, bringing the total fatalities to 21, as reported by Hegseth.
- The administration categorized those killed as 'narco-terrorists,' asserting a current 'armed conflict' with drug cartels, according to legal notices to Congress.
- Legal experts have questioned the president's authority to carry out such strikes, raising concerns about the justification for labeling drug traffickers in this way.
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US strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat near Venezuela kills four
The US military has struck a boat that was allegedly trafficking drugs off the Venezuelan coast, killing four. On Friday (3 October), Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared footage of the strike, which shows a small speed boat exploding into flames whilst sailing in the Caribbean. Hegseth claimed that the boat was a “narco-trafficking vessel”. “The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was t…
Four people are said to have been killed. It is at least the fourth such attack since US President Trump targeted smuggling from Venezuela.
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The Express TribuneUS says kills four in new attack on alleged drug-smuggling boat
WASHINGTON: US 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. The latest strike, which Hegseth announced in a post on X, brings the number of such US attacks to at least four, leaving at least 21 people dead. An accompanying video shared by Hegseth showed a boat
Since late August, the United States, which has deployed several military vessels in the Caribbean Sea, has destroyed at least four boats involved, according to Washington, in drug trafficking.
The US military has destroyed another drug-trafficking ship off the coast of Venezuela. Trump is cracking down on drug trafficking, and the fleet has released a video.
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