Pete Hegseth Announces Four Alleged ‘Narco-Terrorists’ Killed in Trump-Ordered Strike Off Coast of Venezuela

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 3rd, 2025, 1:42 pm

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday on X that he directed an additional strike that killed four alleged “narco-terrorists” on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on President Donald Trump’s orders.

“The vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics headed to America to poison our people,” wrote Hegseth. “Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route.”

Hegseth went on to confirm that the “kinetic” strike took out the boat in international

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