U.S. Destroys Drug Trafficking Ships In The Pacific For The First Time
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Pete Hegseth revealed the details of the operation.
The U.S. military has destroyed "drug trafficking" vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean for the first time, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said. The first of them was sunk on Oct. 21, he said. The vessel was traveling "along a known drug trafficking transit route and was carrying narcotics." It had two people on board. "Both terrorists were killed and no U.S. service members were injured," Hegseth wrote on his X page.
Later, the Pentagon chief reported a new strike on the vessel in the Pacific Ocean by the U.S. military on Oct. 22. As a result, three "narco-terrorists" were "eliminated," Hegseth noted. According to him, the data that the ship was carrying drugs was provided to the military by US intelligence. The head of the Pentagon warned that such strikes by order of US President Donald Trump will continue "day after day". The Pentagon had previously reported seven attacks on "narco-torture" boats and launches, but the targets of the US military were vessels in the Caribbean Sea. At least 34 people died as a result of these U.S. actions. Two survivors were lifted from the water and then deported to Ecuador and Colombia. The US Senate had earlier demanded that the Pentagon justify the strikes.
In late August, the White House chief ordered several warships to be sent to the southern Caribbean Sea "to conduct operations against drug cartels." According to Reuters, they included a missile cruiser, three destroyers, several landing craft and a submarine. A total of 4,500 troops were deployed.
After the first strike on the "drug traffickers" vessel, Trump said that it should serve as a warning to anyone "who is just thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America." At the same time, the head of the White House noted that some of the drug groups are acting in the interests of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Against this background, the Venezuelan leader called the dispatch of the U.S. military to the southern Caribbean Sea a "hostile siege" and asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to "assist in respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country."
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