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Three alleged narco-terrorists were killed in a U.S. strike on a drug smuggling vessel affiliated with Colombia\u2019s National Liberation Army, Secretary of War<\/a> Pete Hegseth announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

The “lethal kinetic strike” happened Friday in international waters at the direction of President Donald Trump<\/a>, Hegseth wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n

“The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics,” Hegseth wrote. “There were three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike\u2014which was conducted in international waters.”<\/p>\n

“All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike,” he added.<\/p>\n

TRUMP\u2019S WAR ON CARTELS ENTERS NEW PHASE AS EXPERTS PREDICT WHAT\u2019S NEXT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hegseth also shared unclassified video showing the moment of the strike.<\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s Ej\u00e9rcito de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (ELN) is a Designated Terrorist Organization<\/a>. Hegseth likened the Colombian rebel group to the Al Qaeda terror group founded by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“These cartels are the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, using violence, murder and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security and poison our people,” Hegseth wrote. “The United States military will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are\u2014they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda.”<\/p>\n

TRUMP TOUTS ANOTHER US STRIKE NEAR VENEZUELA THAT KILLED SIX ALLEGED DRUG SMUGGLERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Friday strike brings the death toll from the Trump administration\u2019s military campaign against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the region to at least 31. The operations began last month and are part of Trump\u2019s broader effort to dismantle transnational cartels<\/a> by force.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the U.S. military carried out a strike on what Trump later called a “very large drug-carrying submarine” in the Caribbean, killing two suspected narco-terrorists<\/a> and capturing two others alive.<\/p>\n

Fox News previously confirmed that two survivors were rescued by the U.S. Navy<\/a> after the strike and were being held aboard an American warship.<\/p>\n

A separate strike on Tuesday killed six suspected smugglers aboard a vessel off the coast of Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Louis Casiano and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/3-killed-us-strike-colombian-eln-vessel-smuggling-narcotics-hegseth-says <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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