Trump says 11 ‘terrorists’ killed in strike on ‘drug vessel’ in Caribbean
President Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. military “kinetic” strike took out 11 “terrorists” on a “drug vessel” in the Caribbean after departing Venezuela.
The strike, which took place on Tuesday morning, hit a boat with members of the Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang from Venezuela, a group designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government, according to the president.
“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere,” the president added in the post where he shared a 29-second video of the strike.
The strike took place while the boat was in international waters and was transporting “illegal” narcotics. It was en route to the U.S.
No member of the U.S. forces was injured in the strike, Trump said.
“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America,” Trump said. “BEWARE!”
Trump mentioned the strike earlier at White House on Tuesday, saying the U.S. “literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.”
“We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time. And these came out of Venezuela. And coming out very heavily from Venezuela. A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela. So we took it out,” the president said.
Rubio confirmed the military’s engagement on social platform X, writing that the “lethal” strike was launched in the southern Caribbean against a “drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
The strike, which took place on Tuesday morning, hit a boat with members of the Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang from Venezuela, a group designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government, according to the president.
“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere,” the president added in the post where he shared a 29-second video of the strike.
The strike took place while the boat was in international waters and was transporting “illegal” narcotics. It was en route to the U.S.
No member of the U.S. forces was injured in the strike, Trump said.
“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America,” Trump said. “BEWARE!”
Trump mentioned the strike earlier at White House on Tuesday, saying the U.S. “literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.”
“We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time. And these came out of Venezuela. And coming out very heavily from Venezuela. A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela. So we took it out,” the president said.
Rubio confirmed the military’s engagement on social platform X, writing that the “lethal” strike was launched in the southern Caribbean against a “drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”
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