The United States killed three people in its latest strike against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced.
Nov. 2 The United States killed three people in its latest strike against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced.
Hegseth said in a post to social media Saturday that American forces conducted a kinetic strike against the vessel in international waters.
He said three « narco-terrorists » were on board and all three were killed.
« These narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home — and they will not succeed », he said. « The department will treat them exactly how we treated Al-Qaeda. We will continue to track them, map them, hunt them and kill them. »
At least 64 people have now been killed by the U.S. in 15 strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean since they began in September.
The strikes have been celebrated by families who have lost their children to fentanyl poisoning, some of whom recently rallied in the nation’s capital for a day of remembrance.
