Posted on 09/03/2025 2:05:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
What we know about drug-boat strike at sea
The United States will keep assets positioned in the Caribbean and strike anyone "trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco terrorist," Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Wednesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had attacked and destroyed a drug-carrying vessel in the region.
Mr. Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. had struck the boat in international waters after it had departed from Venezuela. The president later said on Truth Social that 11 people were killed in the strike. He said the attack targeted members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based organized crime group that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
Mr. Trump also posted a video that appeared to show a military strike obliterating a small boat in the open sea.
Hegseth told "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday morning that he watched the strike live. He said the video was "definitely not artificial intelligence," as Venezuela's Communications Minister Freddy Ñáñez claimed in a post on social media. Hegseth said that he could not elaborate on how the operation had been carried out, but said it was a "precision" attack.
"We knew exactly who was in that boat, we knew exactly what they were doing, and we knew exactly who they represented, and that was Tren de Aragua ... trying to poison our country with illicit drugs," Hegseth said.
Hegseth did not say how the government identified the boat or those aboard it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that he believed the drugs were...
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They blowed up real good.
Well they know we are not playing now. Wonder if this gives President Trump more ammo in his case about deporting Venezuelans?
I VOTED FOR THIS
Yachtsmen need to deist in participation in the Drug Trade.
It’s unhealthy.
They have been blown to their deist.
Excellent, keep the pressure on.
Anyone see an analogy here? Think Bernie Goetz on the subway. No proof but he dealt with them. Dingy on the high seas? Even if there were no drugs people get the word.
Go git’em!
Lots of job openings for people to take over for the dead guys.
Few applicants.
Do the same with “migrant” boats and rafts throughout the West.
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