{"id":2502103,"date":"2025-10-23T00:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-announces-second-strike-on-terrorist-vessel-in-pacific-ocean\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:23:48","slug":"hegseth-announces-second-strike-on-terrorist-vessel-in-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-announces-second-strike-on-terrorist-vessel-in-pacific-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth announces second strike on \u2018terrorist\u2019 vessel in Pacific Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fhegseth-announces-second-strike-on-terrorist-vessel-in-pacific-ocean%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=2502103&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>Pete Hegseth, the U.S.Secretary of War,announced that the U.S. military conducted its second strike in the Pacific ocean targeting a vessel linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-questions-trumps-authority-to-sink-venezuelan-drug-boat\/\" title=\"Congress questions ...s authority to sink Venezuelan drug boat\">designated terrorist organization involved<\/a> in narcotics trafficking. This operation, authorized by President Donald trump, resulted in the deaths of three individuals aboard the vessel, which was carrying illegal drugs along a known trafficking route. Hegseth described those engaged in these narcotics operations as &#8220;narco-terrorists,&#8221; likening them to &#8220;Al Qaeda&#8221; in the Western Hemisphere, and warned that such lethal strikes will continue untill the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drug smuggling activities cease<\/a>. This latest strike follows the first known U.S.military operation in the eastern Pacific earlier the same day, and is part of a series of at least nine military actions against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-posts-footage-of-lethal-kinetic-strike-against-narcoterrorists-in-international-waters\/\" title=\"Trump Posts Footage of &#039;...&#039; Against Narcoterrorists in International Waters\">suspected drug trafficking vessels<\/a> since Trump&#8217;s second term began. More than 30 people have reportedly been killed in these operations, which also include strikes in the Caribbean targeting vessels linked to Venezuelan and Colombian terrorist groups.  <\/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\">Hegseth announces second strike on &lsquo;terrorist&rsquo; vessel in Pacific Ocean<\/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_2379770\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of War <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> announced the U.S. military carried out its second strike in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday on a vessel he said was part of a terrorist organization engaged in &ldquo;narco-trafficking.&rdquo;&nbsp;Like previous operations, this strike was approved by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out yet another lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO),&rdquo; Hegseth posted on X. &ldquo;Yet again, the now-deceased terrorists were engaged in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3860575\/special-prosecutor-opens-investigation-into-jay-jones\/\">Special prosecutor opens investigation into Jay Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3859607\/trump-administration-argues-no-time-limit-on-power-to-deploy-national-guard\/\">Trump administration argues no time-limit on power to deploy National Guard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3860790\/thune-teases-shutdown-votes-pay-troops-air-traffic-controllers\/\">Thune teases shutdown votes to pay troops and air traffic controllers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out yet another lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO). Yet again, the now-deceased terrorists were engaged in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PEaKmakivD\">pic.twitter.com\/PEaKmakivD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar\/status\/1981167670989926902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 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>&ldquo;The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and was carrying narcotics,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three people were reportedly killed in the strike in international waters. This operation was carried out just hours after Hegseth announced the military&rsquo;s first strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean. He added that the boat was operating on a commonly known drug-trafficking route and was &ldquo;carrying narcotics.&rdquo; He likened those involved in the illegal narcotics operations to &ldquo;Al Qaeda.&rdquo; Hegseth also warned that such strikes would continue until those trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. halt their operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These strikes will continue, day after day,&rdquo; posted the war secretary. &ldquo;These are not simply drug runners &mdash; these are narco-terrorists bringing death and destruction to our cities. These DTOs are the &ldquo;Al Qaeda&rdquo; of our hemisphere and will not escape justice. We will find them and kill them, until the threat to the American people is extinguished.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The latest strike is believed to be the ninth by the U.S. military against suspected drug-trafficking vessels since Trump&rsquo;s second term began in January. Earlier on Wednesday, two people were killed in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3860048\/us-conducts-first-known-strike-eastern-pacific-targeting-alleged-cartel-vessel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first U.S. operation in the eastern Pacific Ocean<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3860048\/us-conducts-first-known-strike-eastern-pacific-targeting-alleged-cartel-vessel\/\"><strong>US CONDUCTS FIRST KNOWN STRIKE IN EASTERN PACIFIC TARGETING ALLEGED CARTEL VESSEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seven military strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-drug-smugglers-kill-us-agent-in-puerto-rico\/\" title=\"Suspected Drug Smugglers Kill US Agent in Puerto Rico\">suspected drug smugglers<\/a> have occurred in the Caribbean Sea, with all but one being from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venezuela<\/a>. The other strike targeted a vessel believed to have been operated by the Colombian terrorist organization, Ej&eacute;rcito de Liberaci&oacute;n Nacional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since operations targeting suspected drug traffickers began over the summer, over 30 people have been reportedly killed in the U.S. military strikes ordered by Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Hegseth announces second U.S. strike on Pacific &#8216;terrorist&#8217; vessel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2502104,"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\/10\/AP25288500484824.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[45173,36808,65716,65720,65721],"class_list":["post-2502103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-hegseth","tag-military-action","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-second-strike","tag-terrorist-vessel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25288500484824.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502103","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502107,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502103\/revisions\/2502107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}