Trump strikes a drug trafficking ship in Waters, 3 downtrides
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday on Truth Social that he had ordered a deadly strike on a ship linked to a designated terrorist organization “leading narco-vasting” in the field of responsibility of Southern Command.
The strike – which was made on a ship confirmed by information for illicit drug trafficking – left three dead narco -terrorists, said Trump in the post, as well as a video showing the moment when the boat was struck and engaged in the flames.
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“On my orders, the secretary of war ordered a deadly kinetic strike on a ship affiliated with a terrorist organization designated leading to narcotrafficking in the field of responsibility of Ursouthcom,” posted Trump on his social account of truth on Friday evening. “Intelligence confirmed that the ship trafficked illicit drugs and passed through a passage of narcotrafficking known on the way to poison the Americans.”
President Donald Trump announced on Friday on Truth Social that he had ordered a deadly strike on a ship linked to a designated terrorist organization “leading narco-vasting” in the field of responsibility of Southern Command. (@Realdonaldtrump via social social)
The strike took place in international waters and no American forces has been injured, he added.
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“The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the ship, which was in international waters,” said Trump. “No American forces has been injured in this strike. Stop selling fentanyl, narcotics and illegal drugs in America, and commit violence and terrorism against the Americans !!!”
President Donald Trump speaks during a hearing of the Religious Freedom Commission at the Bible Museum on Monday, September 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)
The announcement follows only a few days after Trump announced that the US military made its second strike on the Venezuelan cartels while the administration continues its repression.
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“This morning, on my orders, the American military forces led a second kinetic strike against drug trafficking cartels and extraordinarily violent and extraordinarily violent narcoterrorists in the field of Southcom’s responsibility,” Trump on Trump on Monday posted on Monday.
Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, during a press conference at the Palace Miraflores in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday July 31, 2024. (Gaby Oraa / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Earlier this month, an American military strike exploded a Venezuelan’s drug boat in the south of the Caribbean, leaving nearly a dozen terrorists from Narco Tren from Aragua (ADD).
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In February, the Trump administration also appointed drug cards like Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel and others as foreign terrorist organizations.
