{"id":79825,"date":"2025-10-03T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/03\/fourth-deadly-us-strike-in-trumps-war-on-cartels\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:55:08","slug":"fourth-deadly-us-strike-in-trumps-war-on-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/03\/fourth-deadly-us-strike-in-trumps-war-on-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth deadly US strike in Trump\u2019s war on cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing four people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur 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. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!\u201d Hegseth posted on X with a video showing a boat blown up in a strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> The US carried out a fourth &quot;lethal, kinetic strike&quot; on a vessel that Secretary Hegseth says was affiliated with designated terror organizations in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Southcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Southcom<\/a> AOR. Four people were killed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXYxnuOi1a\">https:\/\/t.co\/JXYxnuOi1a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Carla Babb (@CarlaBabbVOA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlaBabbVOA\/status\/1974161268341952659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strike was carried out in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, according to Hegseth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has justified its military actions in the Western Hemisphere as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. Earlier this year, the president designated gangs, including Tren de Aragua, as foreign terrorist organizations to combat the flow of drugs, which Hegseth wrote Friday are \u201cheaded to America to poison our people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Human rights groups, as well as members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle, have questioned the legality of the strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s strike marked at least the fourth on vessels in U.S. Southern Command since Sept. 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump in a social media post on Sept. 19 said a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/20\/us-carries-out-fatal-strike-targeting-alleged-drug-boat-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/20\/us-carries-out-fatal-strike-targeting-alleged-drug-boat-trump-says\/\">U.S. strike killed three<\/a> in a vessel \u201caffiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking.\u201d He did not specify where in U.S. Southern Command the deadly strike had occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sept. 15, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/15\/us-strikes-another-alleged-venezuelan-drug-boat-killing-3-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/15\/us-strikes-another-alleged-venezuelan-drug-boat-killing-3-trump-says\/\">Trump announced<\/a> the U.S. military had carried out a strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three on board. That followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/02\/us-strikes-drug-carrying-vessel-that-departed-venezuela-trump-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/09\/02\/us-strikes-drug-carrying-vessel-that-departed-venezuela-trump-says\/\">deadly military strike on a speedboat<\/a> on Sept. 2 that killed 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither the military nor the White House has identified which U.S. military ships and assets have been used to carried out the strikes, a vast departure from the military\u2019s previous transparency on strike operations, including transparency granted during the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe refer you to the White House,\u201d a Navy spokesperson responded when asked whether any of their assets were used in the multiple Caribbean strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are not authorized to respond to queries at this time due to the lapse in appropriations. \u2026 The COCOM [U.S. Southern Command] and OSW [Office of the Secretary of War] would be the only folks authorized to speak on this,\u201d a Marine Corps spokesperson told Military Times. The Marine Corps also has forces in the Caribbean on Navy amphibious warfare ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House Press team, like the Marines Corps, pointed to the shutdown for its inability to respond to requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDue to staff shortages resulting from the Democrat Shutdown, the typical 24\/7 monitoring of this press inbox may experience delays. We ask for your patience as our staff work to field your requests in a timely manner. As you await a response, please remember this could have been avoided if the Democrats voted for the clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government open,\u201d it responded to Military Times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense secretary\u2019s office has failed to provide information about which service branch carried out the strikes or what munitions were used in the attacks, even in questions asked before the shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of details in this campaign mirrors how the Pentagon handled an extended bombing campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in mid-March. Pentagon officials briefed reporters during the week that campaign began but would not comment on the number of strikes, targets or progress toward reopening shipping lanes in the weeks that followed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/04\/17\/us-forces-strike-yemen-oil-port-in-ongoing-campaign-against-houthis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/04\/17\/us-forces-strike-yemen-oil-port-in-ongoing-campaign-against-houthis\/\">Defense News previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refusal to provide basic details marked a break from the previous year of airstrikes against the Houthis, which U.S. Central Command would describe in public releases. The lack of details on recent strikes also marks a departure from the first Trump administration, during which officials provided details, including assets and locations, on U.S. strikes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/23\/us-airstrike-kills-18-al-shabab-after-us-attacked-in-somalia\/\" rel=\"\">Somalia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/03\/iraq-rockets-fired-at-baghdad-airport-7-people-killed\/\" rel=\"\">Iraq<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/04\/14\/retaliatory-strikes-on-syria-underway\/\" rel=\"\">Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Non-international armed conflict\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/02\/trump-declares-drug-cartels-operating-in-caribbean-unlawful-combatants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/10\/02\/trump-declares-drug-cartels-operating-in-caribbean-unlawful-combatants\/\">Pentagon memo to Congressional national security committees<\/a> said Trump had \u201cdetermined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict\u201d with cartels that he has designated as terrorist organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe President directed the Department of War to conduct operations against them pursuant to the law of armed conflict. The United States has now reached a critical point where we must use force in self-defense and defense of others against the ongoing attacks by these designated terrorist organizations,\u201d the memo added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A congressional staffer told Military Times on Thursday the memo was \u201cdefinitely alarming.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The staffer declined to comment further because they were not authorized to speak to the press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing four 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