Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday shared a video of what President Trump described as the “kinetic” strike that allegedly took out 11 members of the Tren de Aragua transnational gang on a “drug vessel” in the Caribbean that morning.

Trump announced the U.S. military strike in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Hegseth reposted Trump’s announcement of the strike and included a 29-second “unclassified” video of the alleged strike.

The video features black-and-white footage of the boat traveling in the sea, shot from several angles.

The video shows the boat continuing undisturbed for the first 20 seconds, before a flash of bright light appears on the screen and, for nine seconds, the boat is seen catching fire as smoke envelops the surrounding area.

“Earlier this morning, on

See Full Page