AP Confirms Trump Killed Drug Runners — But They Were Not Carrying Fentanyl to The US

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 8th, 2025, 7:12 pm

The Associated Press revealed in a new report Saturday that four of the more than 60 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats were, in fact, running drugs from Venezuela — but that’s where the facts diverged from President Donald Trump’s claims.

The Trump administration has boasted of killing what it called “narco terrorists” and “cartel members” since launching the attacks in September.

This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted about the most recent strike that killed three people, writing, “As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops…To all narco-terrorist

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