US strikes another alleged drug vessel in Caribbean Sea

[ad_1] The US has carried out one other strike towards an alleged drug vessel, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced on Friday.

"In a single day, on the route of President Trump, the Division of Battle carried out a deadly kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Group (DTO), trafficking narcotics within the Caribbean Sea," Hegseth wrote on X, the place he posted a video of the assault.

It marks the tenth strike in worldwide waters round Latin America since early September. Eight of the assaults have occurred within the Caribbean Sea and two happened within the Pacific Ocean.

Hegseth stated six folks had been killed within the in a single day assault.

Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth listens to President Donald Trump converse throughout a roundtable with the Homeland Safety Activity Drive within the State Eating Room of the White Home in Washington, October 23, 2025.

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Not less than 43 individuals are believed to have been killed within the U.S. strikes to date.

"If you're a narco-terrorist smuggling medication in our hemisphere, we'll deal with you want we deal with Al-Qaeda. Day or NIGHT, we'll map your networks, monitor your folks, hunt you down, and kill you," Hegseth wrote on X.

The in a single day strike got here after two U.S. Air Drive B-1 bombers flew what was described as a coaching mission over the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, sources accustomed to the operation instructed ABC Information.

The strikes are a part of what the administration has known as its "struggle" towards drug cartels. However the deadly pressure has raised a number of authorized questions, as previous administrations have relied on legislation enforcement to interdict drug shipments.

"We're lastly treating the cartels because the core nationwide safety menace that they are surely. The cartels are waging struggle on America," Trump stated at a White Home occasion on Thursday the place he was joined by Hegseth and different officers to debate the administration actions towards cartels.

The president was requested if he would search a conventional declaration of struggle from Congress as they ramp up their marketing campaign towards drug cartels and traffickers.

"I do not suppose we will essentially ask for a declaration of struggle," Trump stated. "I believe we're simply going to kill folks which might be bringing medication into our nation. Okay? We will kill them. You realize? They will be, like, useless. Okay."

Trump once more hinted at the potential for land assaults to focus on drug cartels, saying on Thursday "the land goes to be subsequent." He beforehand stated he was "wanting into" potential land strikes towards Venezuela.