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US Military Executes Strategic Caribbean Strike, Eliminates Three Suspected Drug Smugglers

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On Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed that the U.S. military executed another deadly strike targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea.

In a social media post, Hegseth reported that the vessel targeted was operated by a group recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, though he did not specify the group’s identity. The strike resulted in the deaths of three individuals.

This marks at least the 15th operation of its kind conducted by the U.S. military in the Caribbean or the eastern Pacific since early September.

“This vessel, like every other we’ve targeted, was identified by our intelligence as being involved in illegal narcotics smuggling. It was navigating a well-known drug-trafficking route and was carrying narcotics,” Hegseth stated on X.


Hegseth said the Department of War will treat drug smugglers "EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda."
Hegseth said the Department of War will treat drug smugglers “EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda.” AFP via Getty Images

The letter says that thus far the administration “has selectively shared what has at times been contradictory information” with some members, “while excluding others.”

Earlier Friday, the Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee released a pair of letters sent to Hegseth written in late September and early October requesting the department’s legal rationale for the strikes and the list of drug cartels that the Trump administration has designated as terrorist organizations in its justification for the use of military force.

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