"This is at least the fifth attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean since September 2. At least 27 people have died in the U.S. strikes. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a new strike by U.S. forces against a boat in the Caribbean that, according to the Republican, was carrying drugs. At least six people have died in the attack. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, the U.S. president also included a video of the strike."
"At my direction, the Secretary of War [of Defense, Pete Hegseth] has ordered a lethal strike against a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization engaging in drug trafficking off Venezuela, Trump wrote. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed."
U.S. forces conducted a lethal strike on a vessel off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly engaged in narcotrafficking and affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization. The strike, ordered under the President's authorities and directed through Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, killed six men aboard and reportedly caused no U.S. casualties. Intelligence reportedly confirmed the vessel was transporting narcotics, linked to illicit narcoterrorist networks, and traveling a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in international waters. This incident is at least the fifth U.S. attack on suspected drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean since September 2, with a total of 27 fatalities.
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