US forces have taken out an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
US forces have killed three men in what Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called a strike on a drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
The attack was the latest in a series of US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific that killed at least 18 people earlier this week. President Donald Trump has said the campaign aims to cull drug-smuggling operations from Venezuela and Colombia – accusations both countries have denied.
“The Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike” on a boat in international waters in the Caribbean on Sunday, Hegseth wrote on X. He claimed that the vessel was operated by members of a “Designated Terrorist Organization,” without providing evidence.
All three “narco-terrorists” aboard were killed, he wrote, adding that the US will continue to hunt down and kill alleged drug smugglers.
Today, at the direction of President Trump, 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. This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—was known by our intelligence to be… pic.twitter.com/W7xqeMpSUi
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) November 2, 2025
Since the outset of Trump’s anti-cartel operation in the region, the US has amassed around 16,000 troops in the eastern Caribbean near Venezuela, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
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