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A U.S. military operation resulted in the death of four narco-traffickers onboard a vessel.

The strike was conducted in international waters under presidential orders.

President Trump said the vessel's cargo could kill thousands of Americans.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday announced that the U.S. military conducted a strike on a narcotrafficking vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing four men aboard.

This strike occurred one day after the Trump administration told Congress that the U.S. is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.

According to Fox News, Hegseth said that no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation.

In a post on X Hegseth wrote: “Earlier this morning, on President Trump’s orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking

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