Two surviving “narcoterrorist” crew members of the vessel were captured, according to the US president
US President Donald Trump has shared a video of the US Navy striking what he called a submarine in the Caribbean that was allegedly smuggling a large amount of illicit drugs.
Trump released the unclassified footage of the strike on his Truth Social feed on Saturday, shortly after the destruction of the vessel was announced.
The US president described the vessel as a “very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE,” which was “loaded up with mostly fentanyl and other illegal narcotics.”
Footage released by Trump shows the vessel, which was travelling deck awash – meaning the deck is level with or just covered by the surface of the water – sustaining at least two hits. After the strike, the submarine apparently lost power and began to sink.
“There were four known narcoterrorists on board the vessel. Two of the terrorists were killed. At least 25,000 Americans would die if I allowed this submarine to come ashore. The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution,” Trump wrote.
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