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Hegseth posted a blunt update on X:
“Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.
These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.
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Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm our country and its people.”
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The secretary framed the strikes as necessary to protect American communities from a stream of deadly drugs pouring into the United States.
This strike follows another successful strike conducted last week.
Hegseth wrote:
“As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops. Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.
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To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you.”
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