American military personnel sank another boat allegedly loaded with drugs. Three men on board were killed, Pete Hegseth announced. The action comes after the United Nations called for an end to these bombings. The US military has once again attacked a ship allegedly loaded with drugs in the Caribbean. Three men on board were killed in the attack in international waters, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced on platform X.
Citing unspecified information, it also said the vessel was carrying drugs via a known smuggling route.
Initially, the claims could not be independently verified.
A video published on the minister’s X post appears to show an air attack against a vessel, perhaps with a missile. A large fireball is visible.
Hegseth did not provide further details about the crash site in his post. The US military will continue to pursue, “hunt and kill” drug traffickers, the defense secretary wrote.
For weeks, American forces have repeatedly attacked vessels allegedly laden with drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific. The actions are subject to criticism from analysts and international authorities.
UN urges US to stop bombing
The United Nations on Friday urged Washington to stop such attacks.
More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in such US attacks since the beginning of September, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said.
While acknowledging the challenges of fighting drug trafficking, Türk noted in a statement that these people were killed “in circumstances that have no justification under international law.”
“These attacks and their growing human cost are unacceptable,” Türk said. “The United States must stop such attacks and take all necessary measures to prevent the extrajudicial execution of those aboard these vessels.”
President Donald Trump justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States.
Venezuela rejects US accusations
The Trump administration accuses Venezuela, a Caribbean nation governed autocratically by President Nicolás Maduro, of involvement in drug trafficking to the United States. The US Army has sent additional ships and units to the region. The Venezuelan government, among others, sees this as a threat.
Maduro rejects the US government’s accusations. “Venezuela is innocent,” the president reiterated recently. He claims that everything done against his country is only aimed at justifying a war and a change of power at the top, as well as depriving Venezuela of its “immense oil wealth”.
The South American country has the largest oil reserves in the world, estimated at 303 billion barrels (159 liters each). This is mainly heavy crude oil, which can only be extracted and refined with specialized technologies.
With this new attack, 16 ships have been destroyed by American forces in international waters and which the United States links to drug trafficking, since the beginning of the Southern Command’s military campaign, which initially concentrated in the Caribbean, near the coast of Venezuela, and extended to the Pacific, near the coast of Colombia.
Last week, US President Donald Trump said he did not rule out attacks on ground targets in Venezuela and Colombia linked to drug trafficking and added that if he decides to carry out these maneuvers, he will inform Congress.
md (EFE, AFP, DPA)
Source: Terra
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