On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced during a news conference that the U.S. military “shot out” a drug boat from Venezuela in the southern Caribbean.
“Over the last few minutes, [we] literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat,” Trump said during the news conference. “A lot of drugs in that boat. And you’ll be seeing that, and you’ll be reading about that. It just happened moments ago.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio later posted to X sharing additional details, noting the hit was a “lethal strike.”
As @potus just announced moments ago, today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Carribean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 2, 2025
Rubio added the boat was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.
It is unclear how many fatalities were confirmed.
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