US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast
By Carla Babb
Oct 14, 2025, 05:21 PM
A screenshot of a boat off the coast of Venezuela prior to the U.S. military striking the vessel.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people.
“Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump said intelligence confirmed that the vessel was trafficking narcotics and was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks.
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