WASHINGTON.– The United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegsethreported this October 28 that, under the direction of the president donald trumpthe War Department carried out three lethal kinetic attacks against four “narcoterrorist” vessels in the Caribbean.
According to US intelligence, these vessels, which were attacked on Monday “in international waters”, were operated by “designated terrorist organizations (DTO)” and were engaged in drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
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According to the senior official, during the three operations 14 suspected narcoterrorists died and there was a survivor. He also added that “there were no injuries among US forces.”
14 dead in the Caribbean
Hegseth offered the breakdown of the people on board in each crash:
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First attack: eight narcoterrorists aboard.
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Second attack: four narcoterrorists aboard.
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Third attack: three narcoterrorists aboard.
Regarding the survivor, the secretary indicated that the US Southern Command immediately activated the standard search and rescue (SAR) protocols and that the National Search and Rescue Commission for Civil Aircraft SAR of Mexico “accepted the case and assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue.”
“The Department has dedicated more than two decades to defending other homelands. Now, we defend our own. These narcoterrorists They have killed more Americans than Al-Qaedaand they will receive the same treatment. We will track them, network them, and then hunt them down and eliminate them,” Hegseth stressed.
“Submarines don’t fish”
In recent weeks, Washington has intensified naval and air operations in the Caribbean and the Pacific with the aim of combating drug trafficking routes and “narcoterrorism”, especially that which comes from Venezuela, through the Cartel of the Suns, a criminal organization that would be led by the regime of Nicolás Maduro.
This Sunday, a US missile-launching warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago, a small archipelago located off Venezuela, according to journalists from the AFP in Port of Spain.
President Trump defended this Tuesday the attacks that US forces have carried out against ships in the Caribbean Sea. “The radical left Democrats said they were just fishing. Well, Submarines don’t fish, right? You know more about submarines than me“Trump stated aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, at the Yokosuka naval base, Japan.
With the actions announced today, the United States has made at least 13 attacks against drug trafficking vessels—among them, nine boats and a semi-submersible—since September. In addition, there would be a death toll of 57 alleged narcoterrorists.
