U.S. armed forces struck a ship coming from Venezuela on Tuesday, which Washington alleges was carrying narcotics, Al Jazeera reports. https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/3\/trump-says-11-killed-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-carrying-boat-from-venezuela<\/p>\n
The attack killed 11 people and marks the first known operation of its kind during the Trump administration in the southern Caribbean.<\/p>\n
“When you come out and when you leave the room, you’ll see that we just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat,” Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n
The U.S. president also shared a video on his Truth Social account showing a speedboat exploding and erupting in flames at sea. According to him, no American service members were harmed in the strike—only “11 terrorists” were killed.<\/p>\n
Trump claimed the ship’s crew belonged to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua criminal organization, which the U.S. designated as a terrorist group in February of this year. He again accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of controlling the group, though Maduro has denied these allegations.<\/p>\n