WASHINGTON, DC - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed another alleged drug vessel was hit with a targeted military strike in the Caribbean earlier in November, with the effort resulting in three alleged narco-terrorists being killed.
According to DoD officials, the targeted military strike occurred on November 6 within international waters of the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Hegseth shared details of the strike alongside a video depicting the execution of the operation.
“As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their poisoning of the American people stops,” Defense Secretary Hegseth said in a statement on X, adding, “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
The three subjects killed in the strike were identified only as “male narco-terrorists,” and specifics on the alleged narcotics aboard the vessel were not shared by officials. Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmed there were no U.S. forces injured during the operation.
In the closing portion of Defense Secretary Hegseth’s statement on the operation, he emphasized, “To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs, we will kill you.”
Following the November 6 operation, the total number of strikes targeting alleged drug vessels that have been carried out by the current administration is 17, bringing the death toll to 69 regarding alleged narco-terrorists.
There’s been no shortage of criticism regarding the Trump administration’s targeting of drug vessels, with numerous think pieces written that claim these airstrikes are illegal. One such think piece asserted that these “strikes violate United Nations charter rules governing the use of force and constitute extrajudicial killings.”
BBC News quoted a former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who claimed these targeted military strikes should be treated and prosecuted as a crime against humanity. The Trump administration responded to the scrutiny coming from individuals attempting to cite the ICC, calling the outfit a “biased, unserious entity” while highlighting that the ICC has zero jurisdiction over the United States.
According to DoD officials, the targeted military strike occurred on November 6 within international waters of the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Hegseth shared details of the strike alongside a video depicting the execution of the operation.
“As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their poisoning of the American people stops,” Defense Secretary Hegseth said in a statement on X, adding, “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
The three subjects killed in the strike were identified only as “male narco-terrorists,” and specifics on the alleged narcotics aboard the vessel were not shared by officials. Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmed there were no U.S. forces injured during the operation.
In the closing portion of Defense Secretary Hegseth’s statement on the operation, he emphasized, “To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs, we will kill you.”
Following the November 6 operation, the total number of strikes targeting alleged drug vessels that have been carried out by the current administration is 17, bringing the death toll to 69 regarding alleged narco-terrorists.
There’s been no shortage of criticism regarding the Trump administration’s targeting of drug vessels, with numerous think pieces written that claim these airstrikes are illegal. One such think piece asserted that these “strikes violate United Nations charter rules governing the use of force and constitute extrajudicial killings.”
BBC News quoted a former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who claimed these targeted military strikes should be treated and prosecuted as a crime against humanity. The Trump administration responded to the scrutiny coming from individuals attempting to cite the ICC, calling the outfit a “biased, unserious entity” while highlighting that the ICC has zero jurisdiction over the United States.
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2025-11-10T17:58-0500 | Comment by: Raconteur
"a former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who claimed these targeted military strikes should be treated and prosecuted as a crime against humanity. " I wonder what the (former) prosecutor would have the drug runners/narco-terrorists treat as?
2025-11-10T18:09-0500 | Comment by: Jon
I couldn't care less what "a former International Criminal Court prosecutor" has to say. It appears that this is the only way to stem the flow of Fentanyl and Cocaine into the United States from Venezuela.