A U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel killed six suspected “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday (October 24, 2025), the latest operation in President Donald Trump’s counter-drug campaign in the region.
In a post on X, Mr. Hegseth said this was the first strike carried out at night as part of the campaign which began in September. The strike took place overnight and the vessel was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, he added.
While Mr. Hegseth did not provide any evidence of what the vessel was carrying, he posted a roughly 20-second video which appeared to show the vessel in water before being hit by at least one projectile and exploding.
Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out yet another lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO). Yet again, the now-deceased terrorists were engaged in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
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