Trump orders 'lethal kinetic strike' on drug trafficking boat in international waters, three killed

President Donald Trump broadcasted on Truth Social on Friday that he ordered a lethal strike on a vessel linked to a designated terrorist organization conducting narco-trafficking in the U S Southern Command s area of responsibility The strike which was carried out on a vessel substantiated by intelligence to be trafficking illicit narcotics left three narco-terrorists dead Trump reported in the post along with a video showing the moment the boat was struck and became engulfed in flames US MILITARY CARRIES OUT SECOND STRIKE ON VENEZUELAN NARCOTERRORISTS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS On my Orders the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility Trump posted to his Truth Social account Friday evening Intelligence authenticated the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans The strike took place in international waters and no U S forces were harmed he added TRUMP TOUTS US STRIKE AS MADURO SLAMS MILITARY THREAT OFF VENEZUELA The strike killed male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel which was in international waters Trump commented No U S Forces were harmed in this strike STOP SELLING FENTANYL NARCOTICS AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS The announcement follows just days after Trump informed the U S military had carried out its second strike on Venezuelan cartels as the administration continues its crackdown RUBIO PROMISES MORE STRIKES ON VENEZUELAN CARTELS WE RE NOT GOING TO SIT BACK ANYMORE This morning on my Orders U S Military Forces conducted a SECOND Kinetic Strike against positively identified extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility Trump posted to Truth Social on Monday Earlier this month a U S military strike blew apart a Venezuelan drug boat in the southern Caribbean leaving nearly a dozen suspected Tren de Aragua TdA narco terrorists dead CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn February the Trump administration also designated drug cartel groups like Tren de Aragua the Sinaloa Cartel and others as foreign terrorist organizations