‚Narco-terrorists intending to bring poison to our shores, will find no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere‘
The U.S. military destroyed another purported drug-smuggling vessel Tuesday, but this time it was on the Pacific side of South America.
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted video of the exploded boat, stating: “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
The vessel was known by our intelligence to be… pic.twitter.com/BayDhUZ4Ac
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 22, 2025
“The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth continued.
