Pentagon Confirms Strike on Another Drug Boat in Caribbean, Killing 3

‘This vessel—like every other—was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,’ Hegseth said.

A U.S. military strike on a drug-laden vessel in the Caribbean on Nov. 2, 2025. Screenshot via The Epoch Times/X/Department of War

The U.S. military carried out a strike on a vessel it said was smuggling illicit narcotics to the United States, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed in an X post in the early hours of Nov. 2. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea operation, he said.

Hegseth said the vessel was being operated by a terrorist organization.