U.S. President Donald Trump. File
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A U.S. strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) killed six suspected drug traffickers, President Donald Trump said, the latest such operation in recent weeks.
The strike is the most recent example of Mr. Trump’s efforts to use U.S. military power in new, and often legally contentious, ways, from deploying active-duty U.S. troops in Los Angeles to carrying out counter-terrorism strikes against drug trafficking suspects.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said the strike had been carried out against a designated terrorist organization, but he did not provide any details on which group.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks,” Mr. Trump said, without providing evidence.
A roughly 30-second video, which Mr. Trump posted, appeared to show a stationary vessel in a body of water being hit with a projectile before exploding.
Published – October 15, 2025 12:42 am IST
