“By order of the president [США Дональда] Trump, I ordered to deliver a deadly kinetic blow to the vessel engaged in drug trafficking and related to organizations recognized as terrorist in the area of responsibility of the Southern Command of the US Navy, ”he wrote.
According to the hegset, four “men-terrorist” were killed on the ship.
He emphasized that no American soldier was injured.
“The blow was inflicted in international waters near the coast of Venezuela, when the ship transported a significant number of drugs heading to America to poison our people. […] These blows will continue until the attack on the American people stops, ”said Hegset.
According to him, the destroyed “narcotherr's” acted on “a well -known transit route for drug trafficking.”
Earlier this Morning, On President Trump's Orders, I Directed a Lethal, Kinetic Strike on a Narco-Traffing Vessel Affiliated Terrorist Organizations in The USSOUTHCOM AREA of ResponsIBILY. Four Male Narco-Terrorists Aboard The Vessel Were Killed in the … pic.twitter.com/qpnpljfcgn
– Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@secwar) October 3, 2025
