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U.S. Conducts ‘Lethal Strike’ On Alleged Drug Vessel From Venezuela (Video)

Sep 3, 2025

By Alex Horton, Tara Copp and John Hudson

U.S. forces conducted a “lethal strike” on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea, the Trump administration said Tuesday, a dramatic escalation that coincides with the Pentagon’s growing counternarcotics focus in Latin America.

Speaking in the Oval Office during a wide-ranging news conference, President Donald Trump described the target as a “drug boat” from Venezuela. He said: “A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela. So we took it out.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed news of the strike in a post on social media as his plane prepared to take off from Miami to Mexico City on a previously planned diplomatic trip.

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