U.S. military forces carried out their third strike against an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19.
Posting to Truth Social, the president said, “On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the [United States Southern Command] area of responsibility,” which intelligence had confirmed was “trafficking illicit narcotics.”
The strike occurred in international waters. According to Trump, “three male narcoterrorists” were killed, although he did not say whether or not they were members of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Tren de Aragua. No U.S. forces were harmed….
Trump Confirms 3rd Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Caribbean
