The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, stated on Saturday that three 'narcoterrorists' were killed in a new attack on a vessel allegedly involved in drug trafficking in Caribbean waters. By order of President Trump, the US Department of War carried out a lethal attack on another drug trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Caribbean. The vessel was 'known to our intelligence services for its involvement in the illicit smuggling of narcotics, was transiting a known drug trafficking route, and was carrying narcotics,' he assured. According to Hegseth, 'three narcoterrorists were on board' and were killed in the new attack, which, according to the official, was carried out in international waters. He also detailed that 'no member of the US forces was injured' and reiterated that drug traffickers 'are introducing drugs into our coasts to poison Americans in their own country, and they will not succeed. We will continue to track them, locate them, hunt them, and eliminate them.' The most recent attack by the US Department of War was carried out last Wednesday against another boat linked to drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, in an operation in which four people on board were killed. Hegseth also informed at the time that the vessel was identified by intelligence services and 'was transiting a known drug trafficking route and carrying narcotics.' 'Four male narcoterrorists were on the vessel and died,' Hegseth added that day. With this new attack, the number of vessels destroyed by the US in international waters, some in the Pacific, which the US government linked to drug trafficking activities, has reached 16, since the beginning of the Southern Command's military campaign, which was initially focused on the Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters. Last week, US President Donald Trump stated that he does not rule out attacks on land targets in Venezuela and Colombia, always related to drug trafficking, and added that if he carries out these maneuvers, he will notify Congress.
'The Department will treat them EXACTLY like we treat Al-Qaeda'.
