{"id":2486818,"date":"2025-09-15T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-strikes-second-drug-ship-headed-to-us-killing-three-terrorists-trump-says\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:35:50","slug":"military-strikes-second-drug-ship-headed-to-us-killing-three-terrorists-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-strikes-second-drug-ship-headed-to-us-killing-three-terrorists-trump-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Military strikes second drug ship headed to US, killing three &#8216;terrorists,&#8217; Trump says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-strikes-second-drug-ship-headed-to-us-killing-three-terrorists-trump-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that President Donald Trump ordered a military strike in the Caribbean targeting a vessel identified as smuggling illegal narcotics destined for the United States. This is the second such strike this month, with three &#8220;male terrorists&#8221; reportedly killed in the latest action. The vessel was said too be operated by confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela and was destroyed after being fired upon. Trump emphasized the deadly impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">drug trafficking<\/a> on American communities and warned that the U.S. is actively hunting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-100-immigrants-deported-to-guatemala\/\" title=\"More than 100 immigrants deported to Guatemala\">drug traffickers<\/a>.Although specific intelligence details were not disclosed, the strike was accompanied by an unclassified video showing the boat engulfed in flames. U.S. officials, including Senator Marco Rubio, confirmed knowledge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drug trafficking network operating speedboats<\/a> in the Caribbean, stressing that interdiction alone is insufficient and advocating for more aggressive measures, including destroying such vessels. The military&#8217;s increased use of kinetic strikes represents a shift from the traditional role of the U.S. Coast Guard in drug interdiction toward a more forceful approach under the Trump administration&#8217;s strategy against cartels in the Western Hemisphere. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Military strikes second drug ship headed to US, killing three &lsquo;terrorists,&rsquo; Trump says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2225401\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> ordered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-s-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">military<\/a> to conduct a kinetic strike against a vessel in the Caribbean area on Monday, the second this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venezuela<\/a> were in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gives-tda-terrorists-a-taste-of-their-own-medicine-using-brilliant-reverse-terror-attack-strategy\/\" title=\"... Gives TdA Terrorists a Taste of Their Own Medicine Using Brilliant &#039;Reverse Terror Attack&#039; Strategy\">international waters transporting illegal narcotics<\/a> (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!&rdquo; headed to the U.S.,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115210075167747572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Monday afternoon on Truth Social, adding that &ldquo;3 male terrorists&rdquo; were killed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3807576\/marco-rubio-european-countries-recognizing-palestinian-statehood-no-impact\/\">Rubio argues UK recognizing Palestinian statehood &#8216;will make no impact&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/3807455\/trump-newest-ultimatum-latest-way-avoid-sanctioning-russia\/\">Blame NATO: Trump&rsquo;s newest ultimatum and latest way to avoid sanctioning Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3805653\/marco-rubio-philippines-condemn-china-plan-disputed-shoal-nature-reserve\/\">Why China wants to build a nature reserve in the South China Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump did not say who was on the ship or what intelligence it had that proved it was a drug-smuggling vessel heading for the United States, but said they were from Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>His post included the unclassified video of the strike, which shows the vessel floating in the water, the strike occurring, and the vessel subsequently being engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BE WARNED &mdash; IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU! The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FamimGGApf\">pic.twitter.com\/FamimGGApf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1967680955952533967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This is the second such strike the military has conducted this month. The first one killed 11 people.<\/p>\n<p>Right before the first U.S. strike, the vessel altered course and appeared to turn around, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us\/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-strike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a> said on Monday that he didn&rsquo;t know if that was accurate, but said it didn&rsquo;t change its intent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can tell you that irrespective &mdash; there&rsquo;s a network. And the way this network runs is speedboats with multiple 350-horsepower engines, four of them. They carry drugs to somewhere in the Caribbean,&rdquo; he said in an interview on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So this is the network, the route that they run. We have 100% fidelity and certainty that that boat was involved in that trafficking of those drugs that ultimately were destined to reach the United States of America.&nbsp;And the president&rsquo;s made clear:&nbsp;Interdiction alone is not going to stop these drug traffickers,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;What needs to start happening is some of these boats need to get blown up. Some of these boats need to be not just intercepted but stopped, no matter what direction they plan to head.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the area where the strike occurred, declined to comment to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, instead referring the outlet to the White House.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/3798269\/hegseth-exhorts-troops-puerto-rico-battle-drug-cartels-caribbean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HEGSETH EXHORTS TROOPS IN PUERTO RICO TO PREPARE FOR &lsquo;REAL WORLD&rsquo; BATTLE WITH DRUG CARTELS IN CARIBBEAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coast-guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Coast Guard<\/a>&nbsp;is traditionally the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrat-demands-report-from-trump-incident-at-arlington-national-cemetery-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Senate Democrat demands report from ... incident at Arlington National Cemetery - Washington Examiner\">military service branch<\/a> that conducts operations of this nature. It most frequently interdicts ships, arrests those on board if illegal substances are found, and then affords them due process.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has taken a much more aggressive posture toward cartels in the Western Hemisphere than previous administrations, and the military strikes, instead of interdictions, are one aspect of its strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military hits second drug ship to US, killing 3 &#8216;terrorists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2486819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/donald-trump-white-house.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63395,56991,4780,3634,50822],"class_list":["post-2486818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-drug-ship","tag-military-strikes","tag-terrorists","tag-trump","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/donald-trump-white-house.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486822,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486818\/revisions\/2486822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}