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Trump says U.S. strike on vessel in Caribbean targeted Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, killed 11

U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that U.S. military forces carried out a kinetic strike against an alleged Tren de Aragua drug-carrying boat in international waters, killing 11 people aboard.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that U.S. military forces carried out a kinetic strike against an alleged Tren de Aragua drug-carrying boat in international waters, killing 11 people aboard.

Tren de Aragua is one of the Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration has declared as a foreign terrorist organization. On Tuesday, Trump repeated a claim that the gang operates under control of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/us-intel-venezuela-not-directing-tren-de-aragua-gang">An intelligence assessment declassified in May contradicts this assessment</a>.

Tren de Aragua is one of the Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration has declared as a foreign terrorist organization. On Tuesday, Trump repeated a claim that the gang operates under control of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. An intelligence assessment declassified in May contradicts this assessment.

This strike is the first known military attack on a cartel since <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/trump-orders-military-action-against-latin-american-cartels">Trump directed the Pentagon to engage terrorist-designated drug cartels</a>. Previously, the Pentagon used to play a supporting role to the U.S. Coast Guard in targeting boats travelling from South America with cocaine.

This strike is the first known military attack on a cartel since Trump directed the Pentagon to engage terrorist-designated drug cartels. Previously, the Pentagon used to play a supporting role to the U.S. Coast Guard in targeting boats travelling from South America with cocaine.

On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Fox &amp; Friends that the strike in the Caribbean was the start of a campaign against so-called narco-terrorist organizations, adding that Trump is willing to go on the offense in unprecedented ways.

On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Fox & Friends that the strike in the Caribbean was the start of a campaign against so-called narco-terrorist organizations, adding that Trump is willing to go on the offense in unprecedented ways.

This comes as the U.S. has deployed a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered submarine, three destroyers, a littoral combat ship and three amphibious assault ships, as well as 4,500 personnel, to waters near Venezuela in a stated effort to target cartels, though <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2025/venezuela-warns-of-republic-in-arms-as-us-deploys-warships">Caracas has claimed the deployment is a threat</a>.

This comes as the U.S. has deployed a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered submarine, three destroyers, a littoral combat ship and three amphibious assault ships, as well as 4,500 personnel, to waters near Venezuela in a stated effort to target cartels, though Caracas has claimed the deployment is a threat.

While Maduro refrained from addressing the strike directly, his communications minister, Freddy Ñáñez, claimed in a post on Telegram that the footage of the attack had been created using AI. In response, Hegseth said that he had watched the strike live.

While Maduro refrained from addressing the strike directly, his communications minister, Freddy Ñáñez, claimed in a post on Telegram that the footage of the attack had been created using AI. In response, Hegseth said that he had watched the strike live.

This strike sends a clear message that America will no longer tolerate narco-terrorists poisoning its communities with deadly drugs. Trump must be praised for securing the whole Western Hemisphere from narco-terrorist organizations.

This strike sends a clear message that America will no longer tolerate narco-terrorists poisoning its communities with deadly drugs. Trump must be praised for securing the whole Western Hemisphere from narco-terrorist organizations.

Matt Walsh

Pro-Trump narrative

This strike amounts to summary executions of suspected drug traffickers without due process or evidence of their guilt, in a blatant breach of international law. To make matters worse, the U.S. has shown no evidence that the boat was actually carrying drugs.

This strike amounts to summary executions of suspected drug traffickers without due process or evidence of their guilt, in a blatant breach of international law. To make matters worse, the U.S. has shown no evidence that the boat was actually carrying drugs.

Kenneth Roth

Anti-Trump narrative

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There's a 50% chance that there will be at least 122,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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