Washington DC [US], September 20 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday (native time) introduced that American forces had carried out one other lethal navy strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel working in worldwide waters, claiming the goal was linked to a ‘designated terrorist organisation.’
In a publish on his media platform Truth Social, Trump said that the vessel was situated throughout the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) space, which spans Central and South America in addition to the Caribbean.
According to him, the strike resulted within the deaths of three male ‘narcoterrorists’.
He added that intelligence had confirmed the boat was smuggling unlawful medicine and travelling alongside a identified trafficking path to ship narcotics that might ‘poison Americans’.
‘On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a deadly kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking within the USSOUTHCOM space of duty. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting alongside a identified narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in worldwide waters. No U.S. Forces have been harmed on this strike. STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!’ he wrote in his publish.
According to CNN, this marks the third publicly acknowledged lethal navy motion towards an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in September, because the Trump administration intensifies its marketing campaign towards narcotics trafficking networks.
Earlier this week, Trump introduced an analogous strike in worldwide waters close to South America, claiming it focused a ship transporting unlawful narcotics from Venezuela. That strike additionally reportedly killed three folks.
Although Trump has posted movies exhibiting strikes on small boats, every ending with a fiery explosion and clouds of black smoke, particulars such because the exact location, the kind of vessel, and the strategy of the strike haven’t been disclosed, CNN reported.
When requested on Monday for proof that the vessels have been carrying medicine, Trump responded, ‘We have proof. All you must do is have a look at the cargo that was spattered all around the ocean – huge luggage of cocaine and fentanyl far and wide,’ as quoted by CNN.
A separate strike earlier this month killed 11 folks within the Caribbean. The Trump administration claimed the targets have been related to the Venezuelan felony group Tren de Aragua. However, restricted info has been launched about that operation.
According to a CNN report, Pentagon briefers didn’t current definitive proof that the people focused in that first strike have been members of Tren de Aragua or make clear the place the vessel was headed.
Despite questions over the legitimacy of the targets and the shortage of detailed intelligence, Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has defended the actions, stating the US had ‘absolutely the and full authority to conduct that,’ CNN reported. (ANI)
