We "will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you."...
"We have always taken the position in the United States that we can use force to protect our vital national interests"...
“This would mark the second time in recent weeks that the United States has seized a tanker near Venezuela,” Reuters reported....
"When they move on these kinetic kinds of strikes, you know, they have absolute confidence in who’s on it and what’s on it."...
"For multiple years, the oil tanker has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations."...
"There [were] so many people coming to us, who were on active duty ...
And we wonder why the Pentagon has placed restrictions on the media....
“There’s no such thing as a narco-terrorist. There are very, very bad narcotics people, cartels, etc."...
"They’re now one of the prime drug trafficking networks into the United States and Europe, and use their military positions ...
"The US military was aware there were survivors in the water following the first strike on September 2 and carried out another to both sink the vessel and kill the remaining crew, the sources said."...
"Democrat lawmakers are now openly calling for insurrection."...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth deploys U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier strike group to achieve Trump's strategic vision for drug traffickers: Death....
It's the first strike to leave behind survivors....
"The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike."...
The US Navy has certainly been effective in striking drug boats, so the next set of cartel targets may be land-based....
"Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route."...
The Dominican Republic and U.S. Navy managed "to recover 13 bales containing the 377 packages, wrapped in adhesive tape and with different logos."...
