Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first nighttime military strike was conducted in international waters against a narco-terrorist smuggling vessel carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth released video of the attack that killed six Tren de Aragua drug smugglers in the overnight strike announced Friday.

In a social media post on X, Secretary Hegseth indicated the kinetic strike on the vessel was carried out at the direction of President Trump and involved a vessel operated by Venezuela’s violent Tren de Aragua gang. In the post, Hegseth said, “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.”

As customary, Hegseth provided a video within the post show

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