At least three dead in new US attack on narco-vessel in the Caribbean
The Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, reported that the vessel, sunk in international waters, "was known to our intelligence services to be involved in illicit drug trafficking, was transiting a known drug trafficking route and was carrying narcotics".
Moment of the explosion of the narco-vessel.
Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, reported via his X account that an attack by the US military had sunk a new narco-trafficking vessel and killed at least three people traveling on the vessel.
According to Hegseth, "This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics. Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed, and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike."
The narco-terrorists "will be treated exactly like Al Qaeda."
The Secretary of War again issued a warning to the narcos that they will be treated "exactly like Al Qaeda" and that U.S. forces will continue to "track them, map them, hunt them down and kill them." "These narcoterrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home- and they will not succeed," he stressed.
More than 15 attacks and 65 killed in drug war
The War Department has deployed ships to the Caribbean and sent fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of a large military force with which Washington wants to discourage drug trafficking in that region that ends up on U.S. streets.
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