VIDEO New American attack on a ship allegedly transporting drugs. Pete Hegseth's message 'to all narco-terrorists who threaten our country'
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Photo: Andrew Leyden / Zuma Press / Profimedia
A new US attack in the Caribbean Sea against a ship accused of drug trafficking has left three dead, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday, according to AFP.
This attack was carried out in international waters and targeted “a ship operated by a terrorist organization”, assured the leader, who broadcast on X an aerial video of the attack.
As we've said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their poisoning of the American people stops.
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… pic.twitter.com/gQF9LpSjqD
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) November 7, 2025
Since the beginning of September, the United States has been carrying out regular airstrikes in the Pacific and especially in the Caribbean against ships it presents as belonging to drug traffickers.
This latest attack brings the death toll in such attacks to at least 70. In total, Donald Trump's government claimed the destruction of 18 ships, without providing evidence of links between their crews and drug trafficking.
“To all the narco-terrorists who threaten our country: If you want to stay alive, stop dealing drugs. If you continue to deal lethal drugs, we will kill you,” Mr. Hegseth added on X.
Experts have questioned the legality of these operations against suspects who have not been intercepted or questioned.
The American president justifies these actions by fighting gangs classified as “terrorists”.
Donald Trump specifically accuses Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being part of a cartel. The latter denies and denounces destabilization attempts by the United States.
The latter deployed eight warships to the Caribbean and F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico. An American aircraft carrier, the world's largest, was also sent to the area.
