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     n a stark warning to “narco-terrorists,” U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has vowed that the United States will continue to target major drug traffickers, as seen in the recent strike on a Venezuelan drug boat holding Tren de Aragua (TdA) members in the Caribbean.  Hegseth made an appearance on Fox News, where he warned that the United States will maintain positioning in the Caribbean to quickly strike any individuals “[drug] trafficking in those waters, who we know is a designated narco terrorist.” As it should be. 

      “You want to try to traffic drugs, it’s a new day,” Hegseth stated. “It’s a different day, and so those 11 drug traffickers are no longer with us, sending a very clear signal that this is an activity the United States is not going to tolerate in our hemisphere.”  The Tuesday airstrike reportedly killed 11 TdA members, according to President Donald Trump and other military officials.     

     U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of [Venezuelan President] Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere,” Trump wrote in a Tuesday Truth Social post.

 “The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE,” the president added.  Meanwhile, Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez claimed that the viral video of the attack was “AI-generated,” dismissing it entirely.  “I can tell you that was definitely not artificial intelligence. I watched it live,” Hegseth responded. “We knew exactly who was in that boat. We know exactly what they were doing, and we knew exactly who they represented.”