MEXICO.- The US Army killed fourteen people after attacking four boats what linked to drug traffickingin an operation in international waters of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Colombia, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reported this Tuesday.
“Yesterday, at the direction of President (Donald) Trump, the War Department conducted three lethal kinetic attacks against four vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations (DTO) that trafficked narcotics in the Eastern Pacific,” the Pentagon chief wrote in X.
Hegseth assured that eight “narcoterrorists” They were on board the boats during the first attack, four during the second operation and three in the third. “A total of 14 narcoterrorists They died during the three attackswith a survivor,” he added.
Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea.
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— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 24, 2025
It reported that all attacks were carried out in international waters and there were no injuries among US forces. In addition, he insisted that the United States Southern Command (Southcom) “immediately” began the protocols to rescue the only survivor of the three attacks.
Mexico rescues sole survivor
“The Mexican search and rescue authorities accepted the case and assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue,” he said.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed this Tuesday the rescue of a survivor by the Mexican Navy for “humanitarian reasons” who was traveling on one of the vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking and attacked by United States forces “in international waters.”
US attacks on boats in the Pacific
Hegseth assured that “narcoterrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda”: “They will be treated the same way,” he added.
This is the eleventh hit reported against boats supposedly loaded with drug that the Donald Trump Administration has carried out since it began its operations against drug trafficking, first in the Caribbean and then in the Pacific. American attacks have claimed nearly sixty lives.
As he explained, the American intelligence apparatus “They knew the four vessels” since they “traffic along known drug trafficking routes and transported narcotics.”
The attack took place in “international waters” of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Colombia.
Two months ago, the United States ordered one of the military deployments in the Caribbean largest in recent years. In addition to the military ships, the submarine, the destroyer and the combat aircraft, which are already there, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford was added, the most modern and important in the US fleet, which the Pentagon deployed last Friday and is on its way.
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