When President Donald Trump and Defense officials revealed on Sept. 2 that the U.S. military killed 11 alleged drug smugglers on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, they touted it as a success in their war against South American cartels. Their initial comments were met with scrutiny due to the lack of details they provided. More questions arose months later after it was reported that survivors from the attack were killed in a subsequent strike . The White House confirmed that there was more than one strike on the boat. Trump first announced the strike on his social media site as a "kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility." The post included a video of the strike that showed only one hit. Trump alleged that the boat was und
What Trump, Hegseth said after the Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug
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