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.
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