A U.S. military task force carried out a lethal strike against a vessel linked to narcotics smuggling in the Caribbean Sea on November 10, killing four men described as narco-terrorists, according to information released by defense officials.
The operation was ordered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth after intelligence indicated the vessel was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and was moving along a known narco-trafficking route. Officials said the craft was carrying illicit narcotics and was intercepted in international waters.
Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted the kinetic strike, which destroyed the vessel and resulted in the deaths of all four males aboard. Intelligence officials said the craft had been under surveillance prior to the operation, and the strike was executed after confirming its involvement in narcotics smuggling.
No U.S. personnel were reported injured, and authorities did not disclose the location of the strike within the Caribbean Sea or release additional details about the terrorist organization involved. The investigation into the trafficking network is ongoing.
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They just keep on trying……The us military is striking boats trying to speed away from the country not fishing boats doing their trade….Only the ones with two or four powerful engines speeding away……..Why because they desperate for the cash reward..If we could just go this way maybe we can avoid those stinking Americans then BOOM!!!!! All over……..
2 or 4 huge engines is not a sign of “poor” fisherman. Please..don’t be naive..O we want to classify as “Fishing” any kid of trade on sea waters? Or “Farmers” to any kind of business on land? lol
Carlos I don’t know where you got poor fishermen from or you’re just making it up. The argument against these murders are
1. It’s a crime to kill people even if a crime without cause this is not self defense and obviously weren’t attacking anyone and they at least best in international water if not still in terrestrial meaning it’s illegal but both International and US domestic law.
2. There has been 0 evidence to even prove the claims they are drug smugglers.
3. Why focus and Venezuela when produce very little to nothing there, that region only produces cocaine and it’s traffic via the Pacific ocean.
4. There are reports of 2 Trinidadian fishermen got murdered without and reasons to why leaving the family asking questions with no answers.
5. The true reason for the aggression is to get Maduro out for a more America friendly regime with the leader of a opposition party having meeting with US officials and oil companies to make agreements for when Maduro is out.
6. Trump has been long after Venezuela oil and made reference to them long before this “drugs” thing was pushed even saying when he was in power during his first term his sanctions had cripple Venezuela saying it was about to collapse but Biden losen then state “we could had all that oil” even was in the process to signing a deal with Venezuela for oil but Marco Rubio pushed for just taking control instead.
This is nothing new for America and they have done this numberious times leaving counties in turmoil after announcing something scary to justify an invasion. Which time it doesn’t even stick when Colombia right there produces 80+% of the world’s cocaine supply but the focus is on Venezuela and the Caribbean see without any proof of what it is and where they are going.
@Young Antiguan Communist Let’s talk about Genocide. Come on..Let’s talk about Black Sudan, Black Nigerian, Black Congoleses…Ohh No how many people mas “murdered” in those boat so far? Hmm..Look your text…Toomuch to talk about USA and “Murdering of people on the Sea.. Ohh Palestine? You also comment a lot about it.. Why with the same Energy you and the rest don’t want to loudy start a Campaing to Stop Genocides in SUdan?, Nigeria? Congo? Uganda? Hmm pure silence.. Ah but if Trump decide to give an opinion..Then you and other will jump quickly to shout back…Hypocrites…You don’t care about Spanish Venezuelans, Is because USA is Involve then you feel to give an opinion about it. Venezuela is facing for over 20 Years a dictatorship, Millions of people leave the country because their Political side don’t fit the Narrative of the government and Goverment slash them with restrictions to do a better life, they prefer to leave and try better in other land, because is hard to live in a place where only one Ideology (The one you love) is allowed Legally and Morally. That is communist…All with them, nothing against them.
I believe this is about positioning thselves to steal Venezuela oil
They’re trying to steal oil, while murdering ppl on hi sees
Who asked them to be police.
Coast guard and DEA deals with drugs, the military deals with war. This is a provocation to war that’s all
Keep on killing the small boats while the big boats with containers loaded with drugs are entering your ports and being cleared with the help of bribed custom officers. You can fool some people sometime, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. Who in their right mind would continue trying to smuggle drugs knowing your military assets out there in the sea. Unless you want to commit suicide. Drug traffickers are not so stupid as you would want us to believe.
There is a SPECIAL place for Hegseth and Trump and again I say it ain’t Heaven. In the old days Drake, Hawkins, Blackbeard et al used to murder people on the high seas but at least those people gad a fighting chance, not do with wicked Hegseth and Trump. They are two sons of you know what. The Fire ah wait pon them. This is the second time I’m sending this, even if you don’t publish it this time I couldn’t care less. That is my how I see it
@Carlos, well I’m not talking about it because I try to keep my comments on the related topic. Like on the post about Trump saying he would invade Nigeria for the “Christian genocide” I did reference the fact that that is an issue but not the Sudan genocide. Or well other commentators @ me saying the same thing where I corrected a commentor incorrectly calling it a Christian genocide when that’s incorrect since boko haram are not attacking Christians as a group by everyone they see as not islamic enough including other islamic communities.
Sudan genocide which been going on for years at hands of the RSF which was a private military group at one point for a official of the state, now being founded why the U.A.E which is extracting the gold from that area which passes through Switzerland then back the US.
D.R.C I know many if it’s issues but not enough to feel confident talking about at this point.
There is no reason for me to be angry at me for not talking about these issues I’m not the journalist for this sites if it was up to me they would be talked about and much more. But there is a limit of how much info I can take in about the many issues around the world and sometimes I would just not know about at all.
@Young Antiguan Communist: You confirm the reality…Nobody want to talk about the real issues in Africa. Just because Trump is being hated a lot, he is using his image to make people move eyes to Africa. While others Black Leaders, including the One of the Caribbean and all medias over here make silence about it. Trump is just tossing a stone to see if governments around the world, with the same Energy they defend Palestine they do the same to Africa genocides that are by far the worst. Nobody have the b..l to start attacking people from UAE the same way they attacked Jewish around the world, Nobody is burning UAE flag for their well know involve in Sudan conflicts with the gold. They are building luxuries Cities that most people want to visit. How many Palestinian died due the conflict between Israel and Hamas? LEss than 80k. how many Sudaneses died due the conflicts? Over 400k and a real food crisis is in that country. But nahh…Silence, let UAE keep stealing the gold and spend that money in his luxury life style. We don’t want to talk about it, let make noise about how the USA is fighting Drugs. Over 10 articles by far talking about boats being shoot down..But 0 about Africa conflicts. That is what make us Hypocrites. You and nobody care about Spanish Venezuelans, is because USA is involve people is “Worry”, Russia is openly supporting the Regime of Maduro with the ideology that you love, But because RUssia is the Enemy of USA that is fine. Nobody see how many Venezuelans are being forced to leave the country because that Ideology. Is well know how Drugs is passing without restrictions in Caribbean waters. What we did so far in the last 30 years..NOTHING. USA is showing how to handle that. No talk, no love, no any UN “Social” program..NO more… get weapons and attack them. Only the one who is taking benefits from Drugs trafficking are worry about it.
@carlos Yes it’s not being talked about the same scale depending on your source and Trump is indeed hated for a lot of reasons but he is not using his imagine to turn his eye on Africa he only know about the Nigerian issue from a fox reporter that told him about it during an interview and you can’t really make an argument that Trump or the US has the best interest in Venezuelans when they never really have done that in countries they invaded. For them it’s all about making more money from the oil Venezuela has and outing Maduro makes more profit.
There is honestly 0 reason to make about the number of articles about the strikes in the regional waters like observer and in sure other Caribbean news papers are reporting about it to since its a regional event. Like ANR have public random articles from America news like Kirk assassination randomly but generally international stuff has been limited here even of the African diaspora. Even the Palestinian genocide only been mentioned when the PM support ceasefires and letters send in by readers. I do agree those other issues should be talked about but it’s not unfair especially locally legacy media like BBC and CNN obviously we can’t really control that and they generally go for articles that gets more clicks. There are many other media you can watch like Al jezera which has all the events you want with M23, Sudan RS, Venezuela and more.
Black leaders have been talking about Sudan like Mia Motley the PM of Barbados and made a wonderful speech addressing both Palestine and Sudan in the UN meeting in New York not to long ago and other times. I don’t really listen to traditional media so I don’t really know what be happening on local radio but tbh it has been bs and the hot local issues at the time like right now it’s been the Vehicle scandal.
Yes I am aware Russia is supporting Venezuela I’m not going to criticise them getting help from allies when they are being attacked. It’s like watching a fight of a guy getting beat up but instead holding back the attacker you went to hold the one getting attack. It doesn’t really make sense for me to criticise them in this context. Also
This is your what your 3rd assumption of what I believe in simply because I have the word communist in my name? It’s obvious since Chavez died they had issues, I don’t know their policies but it’s gotten to the point it’s highly likely that he committed election fraud in the last election since he isn’t popular. Venezuela did have outside effect like sanctions but Venezuela isn’t really lacking parties that claim to be socialist, communist or even social democracy which can have policies to run their country. The communist in my name simply means what it originally means people over profit then progresses socially into a more communal instead of the more everything is a competition and something to sell to make money and push other people under to gain more money for yourself.
There is 0 evidence that the US id fighting drugs and and Venezuela being a source for drugs is basically 0. There are a lot of people that are worried especially the south where there are radar jammers which makes their GPS at sea not work and fisher that don’t want to be killed so are losing money. Not only that the countries that are closes will definitely feel a greater impact for citizens since they are closer to a conflict which can see an economic impact which the wider region might feel depending on how this continues.