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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Friday the U.S. military conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations traveling off the coast of Venezuela, killing four men aboard.

No U.S. forces were harmed in the USSOUTHCOM operation, which was ordered by President Donald Trump, according to Hegseth.

"The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people," Hegseth wrote in an X post.

TRUMP ORDERS 'LETHAL KINETIC STRIKE' ON DRUG TRAFFICKING BOAT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, THREE KILLED

The secretary said military intelligence, "

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