The U.S. military carried out a strike on a vessel it said was smuggling illicit narcotics to the United States, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed in an X post in the early hours of Nov. 2. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea operation, he said.
Hegseth said the vessel was being operated by a terrorist organization.
“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,” he wrote.
“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.”…
Pentagon Confirms Strike on Another Drug Boat in Caribbean, Killing 3
