Three folks have been killed in one other U.S. army airstrike on an alleged drug boat within the Caribbean Sea, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced in a social media put up.
In a put up on X Saturday night, Hegseth mentioned that the vessel was “recognized by our intelligence to be concerned in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting alongside a recognized narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.”
“Three male narco-terrorists have been aboard the vessel throughout the strike, which was carried out in worldwide waters,” Hegseth mentioned within the put up. “All three terrorists have been killed, and no U.S. forces have been harmed on this strike.”
@SecWar/X – PHOTO: Secretary of Struggle, Pete Hegseth posted on his X account that the Division of Struggle carried out a deadly kinetic strike on in a single day on a vessel within the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 24, 2025.
It marks the fifteenth strike — within the Caribbean and the Japanese Pacific — for the reason that U.S. started its army marketing campaign on Sept. 2, bringing the overall variety of folks killed to 64.
Earlier this week, Hegseth introduced a number of strikes within the Japanese Pacific.
14 useless in additional strikes in opposition to alleged drug boats, Hegseth says
The Trump administration this week supplied greater than a dozen Senate Republicans a secret goal record for its ongoing army marketing campaign within the Caribbean Sea, suggesting the administration is making ready for sustained operations in opposition to drug cartels and that it believed the army strikes might stand up to potential authorized challenges.
The assembly, which was solely open to some Republican senators, was criticized by Senate Democrats.
