Trump Orders Night Strike On Caribbean Drug-Trafficking Vessel

President Trump ordered a nighttime strike on a vessel tied to Tren de Aragua, a designated terrorist organization, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said. The Department of War reported the strike occurred in international waters, killed six narco-terrorists and caused no U.S. casualties.

Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea.

The vessel was known by our… pic.twitter.com/lVlw0FLBv4

— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 24, 2025

"If you are a narco-terrorist smuggling drugs in our hemisphere, we will treat you like we treat Al-Qaeda. Day or NIGHT, we will map your networks, track your people, hunt you down, and kill you," wrote Hegseth on X.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth vowed to treat foreign terrorist groups “like Al-Qaeda,” warning, “We will find you, map your networks, hunt you down, and kill you.”

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