Caribbean – On Oct. 24, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military forces assigned to U.S. Southern Command to carry out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters in the Caribbean.

The ship was being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.

Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was participating in illicit narcotics smuggling, moving along a known narco trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.

Six male narco terrorists were killed in the strike, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

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