“It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG SUBMARINE that was heading towards the United States along a well-known drug smuggling route,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.
He added that American intelligence confirmed that the unit transported drugs, primarily fentanyl.
Trump said there were four people on board, whom he called “narco-terrorists.”
Two people who were on board died. Two more survivors will be sent back to their countries of origin, i.e. Ecuador and Colombia, where – as the president announced – they will be detained and proceedings will be initiated against them.
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The US is fighting drug smuggling
Earlier, Reuters reported, citing sources, that the US Navy fired on another boat in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, which Washington believed could be involved in drug smuggling.
So far, 29 people have died as a result of American attacks on boats that, according to the services, are involved in drug smuggling, the Washington Post summarized.
