The U.S. strikes another Venezuelan boat.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the United States had struck a small boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, killing four people. Hegseth alleged that the boat was operated by the drug cartel Tren de Aragua and was trafficking narcotics to the United States. The strike is the fourth confirmed time the Trump administration has sunk a small craft it alleges was controlled by “narco-terrorists,” including a strike on September 2 that killed 11 and two others on September 15 and September 19.
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