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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces had attacked a vessel operated by “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean, killing three people on board.
“Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization,” Hegseth said in a post to X.
“The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists — who were aboard the vessel — were killed,” he said.
Including the three on Thursday, at least 69 people have been killed in strikes by U.S. forces on vessels allegedly smuggling drugs from Caribbean and Pacific waters, according to figures from President Donald Trump’s administration.
This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
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