Pentagon Chief Suggests More Strikes on Cartels After US Military Targets Boat Near Venezuela

‘This is a deadly, serious mission for us and it won’t stop with just this strike,’ Pete Hegseth says.
Pentagon Chief Suggests More Strikes on Cartels After US Military Targets Boat Near Venezuela
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on June 26, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that there may be additional strikes against narco-terrorists that attempt to smuggle drugs into the United States, after the U.S. military launched airstrikes against a vessel that the Trump administration said was being operated by the Tren de Aragua criminal organization.

The strike killed 11 people on board the vessel, located near Venezuela, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, while also uploading a military video of the strike.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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