{"id":49740,"date":"2025-10-03T17:33:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-says-u-s-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-off-venezuela-kills-4-narco-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T17:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:33:42","slug":"hegseth-says-u-s-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-off-venezuela-kills-4-narco-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-says-u-s-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-off-venezuela-kills-4-narco-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth says U.S. strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela kills 4 &#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike,&#8221; which &#8220;was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics \u2014 headed to America to poison our people,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar\/status\/1974150886084485503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hegseth said in a post on X<\/a>, which included a video showing a boat being destroyed at sea.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Hegseth said that &#8220;our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Hegseth offered no other details on who they were or what organization they belonged to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this morning, on President Trump&#8217;s orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QpNPljFcGn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QpNPljFcGn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar\/status\/1974150886084485503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The video of the strike posted online showed a small boat moving in open water when it suddenly explodes. As the smoke from the explosion clears, the boat is visible, consumed with flames, floating motionless on the water.<\/p>\n<p>The strike comes less than a day after it was revealed that President Trump declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and that the United States is now in an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;armed conflict&#8221; with them<\/a><\/span> in a notification to Congress viewed by CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A White House official said the information was part of a report to Congress required by the National Defense Authorization Act after the U.S. military conducts an attack. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, the U.S. military <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-third\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">carried out three other deadly strikes<\/a><\/span> against boats in the Caribbean that the administration accused of ferrying drugs.<\/p>\n<p>With the latest strike, at least three of these operations have been carried out on vessels that originated from Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes followed a buildup of U.S. maritime forces in the Caribbean unlike any seen in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy&#8217;s presence in the region \u2014 eight warships with over 5,000 sailors and Marines \u2014 has been pretty stable for weeks, according to two defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing operations.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Venezuela&#8217;s government slammed what it called an &#8220;illegal incursion&#8221; by U.S. fighter jets into an area under Venezuelan air traffic control, accusing the United States of a &#8220;provocation&#8221; that &#8220;threatens national sovereignty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan foreign and defense ministries said the planes were detected &#8220;75 kilometers from our shores,&#8221; without 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