{"id":528,"date":"2025-10-30T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=528"},"modified":"2025-10-30T05:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:48:09","slug":"us-says-it-killed-four-terrorists-in-latest-strike-on-alleged-drug-vessel-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"US says it killed four \u2018terrorists\u2019 in latest strike on alleged drug vessel | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The White House claimed, without providing evidence, the vessel was operated by a &#8216;designated terrorist organisation&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 30 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">30 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The White House has said United States forces have bombed another alleged drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four men, just days after confirming it killed 14 people in three separate strikes on vessels in the area.<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a post on X late on Wednesday that the \u201cDepartment of War\u201d, the new name for the recently rebranded Department of Defense, had \u201ccarried out a lethal kinetic strike on yet another narco-trafficking vessel\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Hegseth said \u201cfour male narco-terrorists\u201d were killed aboard the vessel, which was \u201coperated by a Designated Terrorist Organization\u201d. He did not provide an exact location for the attack, but said it was conducted in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,\u201d Hegseth said, posting aerial footage of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>None of the victims of Wednesday\u2019s attack have been identified.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Earlier today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on yet another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Eastern Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>This vessel, like all the others, was known by our\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBOLA5RYQe\">pic.twitter.com\/mBOLA5RYQe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar\/status\/1983676996220588093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The strike occurred at a time when US President Donald Trump was on the last leg of a three-nation trip in Asia. On Thursday, Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, their first summit since 2019. Trump also visited Malaysia and Japan before South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Hegseth said US forces carried out three lethal strikes against boats accused of trafficking illegal narcotics on Monday. The attacks, which also took place in the eastern Pacific Ocean, reportedly killed 14 people and left one survivor.<\/p>\n<p>Following the strikes, Hegseth said that \u201cthe Department has spent over TWO DECADES defending other homelands. Now, we\u2019re defending our own\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since September 2, the US military has carried out at least 14 strikes targeting some 15 maritime vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>At least 61 people have now been confirmed killed by the two-month-long campaign, which has also seen the US bolster its military presence in the Caribbean to unusually high levels.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has yet to provide any evidence to the public for any of the strikes to substantiate its allegations of drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has framed the strikes as a national security measure, claiming the alleged drug traffickers are \u201cunlawful combatants\u201d in a \u201cnon-international armed conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have called the unilateral strikes a form of extrajudicial killing and a violation of international law, which largely prohibits countries from using lethal military force against non-combatants outside a conflict zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to emphasise the need for all efforts to counter transnational organised crime to be conducted in accordance with international law,\u201d Miroslav Jenca, the United Nations\u2019 assistant secretary-general for the Americas, told the UN Security Council this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House claimed, without providing evidence, the vessel was operated by a &#8216;designated terrorist organisation&#8217;. 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