Washington, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. military sunk a drug-smuggling vessel overnight in international waters of the Caribbean, killing all six people aboard, U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said early Friday.
It was the first nighttime strike against a suspected narcotics ship, and the tenth since September, increasing the total death toll from these U.S. operations to more than 40.
In a social media post, Hegseth said the destroyed boat carried narcotics and transited along a known narco-trafficking route, and belonged to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-origin cartel formally designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States. Hegseth added the strike took place in international waters.
On Oct. 2, the White House informed the U....