War Secretary Pete Hegseth says U.S. will keep striking narco-terror networks after 15th maritime hit as President Trump defends expanded campaign.
The U.S. military has launched another strike on what it calls a narco-terror vessel in the Caribbean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday, underscoring a widening campaign against drug-linked militants.
The attack killed three suspected smugglers, Hegseth said, adding that it was carried out « at the direction of President Trump. »
« Today, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean », Hegseth wrote on X.
He continued: « 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.
